Keywords: Buchenwald Property 80623.jpg 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 Buchenwald Thuringia Germany May 5 1945 http //www ushmm org/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration College Park PD-USGov Clothing and possessions of Holocaust victims Images from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |