Dramatic Photos

Dachau Death Train

Henning Linden

From left to right - unidentified U.S soldier, Victor Maurer, Heinrich Wicker, and unidentified SS aide After untersturmführer Heinrich wicker and red cross representative Victor Maurer met the Americans at Dachau under a white flag of surrender, Brig. Gen. Henning linden brought them to 'Dachau death train' an entire train loaded with perhaps over 500 corpses Wicker denied knowledge of the train and were forced to pose for this picture taken by Linden. Wicker was allegedly later killed that day under unclear circumstances, neither the memoirs of Linden or Maurers report say anything about his fate