Allied Prisoners Rescued by U.S. Troops - Vintage Photograph

Two hundred prisoners, some so weak they could scarcely stand, rebelled and fought with their German guards, breaking out of their internment camp when they heard the guns of advancing Seventh U.S. Army troops in the Forbach area of Northern Alsace. The freed prisoners, including 800 Russians, 140 Yugoslavs, and Frenchmen, Poles, and Italians, had all been healthy men when captured by the Germans. Today, 600 are known to have tuberculosis, four have typhus, and four are insane. In spite of their condition, the Russians thanked their rescuers during an archive review before the U.S. colonel in command of the liberating troops. This photo shows the liberated prisoners clapping and cheering as they hear the latest war dispatches. Following the news of Red Army advances into Eastern Germany, the Poles, Italians, Frenchmen, and Yugoslavs collected the cigarettes they had been given by U.S. troops and presented them to the Russians as a tribute to their countrymen. The freed Soviets thanked them but returned the cigarettes. Two hundred prisoners, some so weak they could scarcely stand, rebelled and fought with their German guards, breaking out of their internment camp when they heard the guns of advancing Seventh U.S. Army troops in the Forbach area of Northern Alsace. The freed prisoners, including 800 Russians, 140 Yugoslavs, and Frenchmen, Poles, and Italians, had all been healthy men when captured by the Germans. Today, 600 are known to have tuberculosis, four have typhus, and four are insane. In spite of their condition, the Russians thanked their rescuers during an archive review before the U.S. colonel in command of the liberating troops. This photo shows the liberated prisoners clapping and cheering as they hear the latest war dispatches. Following the news of Red Army advances into Eastern Germany, the Poles, Italians, Frenchmen, and Yugoslavs collected the cigarettes they had been given by U.S. troops and presented them to the Russians as a tribute to their countrymen. The freed Soviets thanked them but returned the cigarettes.

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Dimensions: 20.8 x 15.5 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-IMS-04997428/IMS-A23_Tyskaland-Fangar_B

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