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Éric Schwab

Éric Schwab (1910–1977) was a French photojournalist, french resistance fighter and photographer.

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Éric Schwab

Corpses lie in one of the open wagons of the Dachau death train. The Dachau death train consisted of nearly forty wagons containing the bodies of between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners who were evacuated from Buchenwald on April 7, 1945. The train arrived in Dachau on the afternoon of April 28.

Eric Schwab · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photograph # 85555 · Public domain

Born
1910 · Hamburg.
Died
1977 · France.
Nationality
France
Occupation
photojournalist · french resistance fighter · photographer · war correspondent
Languages
French

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  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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