Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]

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Title

Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]

Creator

Brown, Elizabeth O. (Donor)

Description

Content Note: Many liberators stand or walk behind a row of corpses and two rows of corpses wrapped in white cloth. Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. The corpse in the foreground is an emaciated, naked male prisoner. Some of the bodies are clothed and others are not. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 88 on the reverse.

Identifier

06080100PHOR00BROWEL007
06080100PHOR00BROWEL007.JPG

Subject

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Brown, Elizabeth O.

Source

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 3 3/8" x 2 1/8"; Paper size: 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" bent, cracked, faded, stained, scratches, worn edges, age discoloration. Reverse of photo: glue residue, writing.

Date

4 - 0 - 1945

Contributor

Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.

Rights

Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.

Relation

Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).

Format

JPG (72 dpi); 83 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.

Files

06080100PHOR00BROWEL007.JPG

Collection

Citation

Brown, Elizabeth O. (Donor), “Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed April 18, 2024, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/641.

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