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Image: Buchenwald Property 80623

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Description: A soldier dips his hands into a crate full of rings confiscated from prisoners in Buchenwald and found by American troops in a cave adjoining the concentration camp. Original caption reads: "These are a few of the thousands of wedding rings the Germans removed from their victims in order to salvage the gold. U.S. First Army troops found these rings, with watches, precious stones, eyeglasses, and gold teeth fillings, in a cave adjoining the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. 5/5/45."
Title: Buchenwald Property 80623
Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photograph #80623
Author: Unknown authorUnknown author
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