"Senators and representatives of the U.S. Congress... are welcomed by Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks"

"Senators and representatives of the U.S. Congress... are welcomed by Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks"

Izac, Edouard Victor Michel (Donor)

Content Note: Title from caption on a separate page. Additional caption text: "Senators and representatives of the U.S. Congress have arrived in Germany to investigate conditions in the concentration camps and D.P. camps are welcomed by Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks. They proceeded at once to a nearby Russian refugee camp where they had a talk with a Russian colonel in charge. Then the party headed for Seventh Army headquarters where Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch received them. After a short stay, Gen. Patch accompanied the party to Munich where it will visit Dachau. Gen. Patch is with Izac and Short." They are standing together near a multi-story building. Numbered 13 on the reverse (Izac 51)

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United States--Congress--Joint Committee on Conditions in Concentration Camps in Germany

Rooks, Lowell W.

Patch, Alexander McCarrell

Short, Dewey J.

Izac, Edouard Victor Michel

Germany

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 5" x 7" bent, scratches, moisture wrinkling, bottom edge of photograph is uneven as if ripped along a ruler. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.

5 - 2 - 1945

Emory University

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