Major Crimes and True Crime

Francisco Boix, a Spanish photographer, stole photos that were used as evidence in Nuremberg. It marks the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation. Prisoners photographed by the camp's Identification Service, where Francisco Boix worked. Some 200,000 prisoners of various nationalities passed through Mauthausen, liberated by the US Army on May 5, 1945, and other concentration camps dependent on it, such as Gusen. Half died, including 4,761 of the 7,200 Spanish Republicans who were confined there. A group of prisoners tear down the Nazi symbol installed at the entrance to the Mauthausen camp on the day of liberation. Spanish photographer Francisco Boix documented the first hours after the Nazis escaped. Francisco Boix Another moment of the demolition of the Nazi symbol installed at the entrance to the Mauthausen camp, on the very day of liberation. Francisco Boix Photograph taken on the day of the liberation of Mauthausen, showing hundreds of dead in the Nazi camp. Boix didn...

Private Hershel Wright of the United States Army distributes oranges to survivors in the Wöbbelin concentration camp, 5 May 1945 When Allied forces arrived to liberate the Wöbbelin camp in northern Germany, they encountered scenes beyond anything they could have imagined: hundreds of corpses lay scattered throughout the camp, among them emaciated, gravely ill survivors. The liberated prisoners were quickly transferred to hospitals, but even after liberation, not all survived. Many succumbed to illness and exhaustion - others, tragically, to overeating after years of starvation. This photo captures one of the first moments following liberation: a small act of giving, offered to those who had been stripped of everything. Yad Vashem Photo Archive