Photo, left:
At the German concentration camp at Wobbelin, many inmates were found by the
U.S. Ninth Army in pitiful condition. Here one of them breaks out in tears
when he finds he is not leaving with the first group to the hospital.
Germany, May 4, 1945. Pvt. Ralph Forney (Army)
Photo, right: Wobbelin
Concentration Camp, recently captured by troops of the 82nd
Airborne Division. Many prisoners were found nearly starved to death. Here
former prisoners are being taken to a hospital for medical attention...
Germany, May 4, 1945. Pvt. Ralph Forney (Army)
--Photographs courtesy of
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
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