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Human Laundry, Belsen, April 1945 (oil on canvas)

Human Laundry, Belsen, April 1945 (oil on canvas)
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IMAGE number
IWM280515
Image title
Human Laundry, Belsen, April 1945 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Zinkeisen, Doris Clare (1898-1991) / English
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Location
Imperial War Museum, London, UK
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1945 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
80.4x100 cms
Image description

The 'human laundry' consisted of about twenty beds in a stable where German nurses and captured soldiers cut the hair of the inmates, bathed them and applied anti-louse powder before they were transferred to an improvised hospital run by the Red Cross.

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© Imperial War Museums / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
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