Found this photo while in Washington at the USHMM searching their photo archives. It’s our train, and the Museum was not aware that it was
A woman and two children rest next to a stopped train.
the train liberated near Farsleben. The photographer is identified as Harry E. Boll. I’m going to try to track him down.
Normally I don’t respond to the Holocaust deniers who have attacked this story (“Who Actually Believes This Garbage, These Are Starving Concentration Camps Survivors?”) but to the creeps out there who find my work offensive, thanks for the honor of annoying you. This one’s especially for you.
Teaching History Matters 