Rainbow Division Soldier memories of Dachau liberation in WWII [Image 8 of 8]

DACHAU, GERMANY

04.30.1945

Courtesy Photo

New York National Guard

U.S. Army Corporal Larry Matinsk puts cigarettes into the extended hands of newly liberated prisoners behind a stockade in the Allach concentration camp, near Dachau Germany on April 30, 1945. Also pictured are U.S. Army Soldiers Arthur Toratti and George Babel (second and third from the left). Allach was a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the subcamp’s liberation. The main concentration camp at Dachau had more than 120 subcamps in the area. U.S. Army photo courtesy of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

• Date Taken: 04.30.1945
• Date Posted: 04.27.2020 12:31
• Photo ID: 6188452
• VIRIN: 450430-A-A3538-1003
• Resolution: 1459x1200
• Size: 881.71 KB
• Location: DACHAU, DE