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"German guard" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. The corpse of a German guard lying on the ground. His feet are crossed and his hands are folded over his chest. His rifle lies above his head. Numbered 38 on the reverse.
Liberators look into a coal car filled with corpses of prisoners [Dachau]
Content Note: Two liberators stand between two coal cars, looking down into an open coal car filled with corpses of prisoners. The liberator on the right appears to be explaining something. The corpses are wearing prisoner uniforms. On the…
"Inside a boxcar" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Two emaciated corpses of prisoners lie on the straw near the wall of the box car. Both corpses are on their backs. The head of one faces the camera and the head of the other faces away. Both are…
"German guard in the creek" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from the caption on the reverse. Corpse of a German guard underwater in the canal that ran along one side of the Dachau concentration camp. Numbered 39 on the reverse.
"The reason so many naked bodies--The clothing was salvaged and used several times." [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Close up of a pile of corpses of prisoners. Many of the corpses are naked. Numbered 14 on the reverse.
Celebrating the liberation of the camp [Dachau]
Content Note: In the foreground are a series of wooden structures. Behind them (across the canal?) and behind the barbed wire fence a crowd has gathered. Behind the crowd are three barracks. A group of men waving their hats stand on the roof of…
Survivors standing on either side of a trench [Dachau]
Content Note: Photo is taken through a barbed wire fence. Survivors appear to be facing each other across a deep trench. Some stand in the trench facing the camera. Some of the men on the far side appear to be wearing military uniforms. Behind…
"Dead SS bastards from the concentration camp" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "These were guards". Corpses of the guards lie on the banks of the canal. Their shoes have been taken. Liberators stand and walk along the path between the camp fence and…
"Not very pretty is it?" [corpses of prisoners at Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Room filled with the corpses of prisoners. Some are clothed and others are naked. Numbered 46 on the reverse.
"These are the SS guards [dead on the banks of the canal]" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "These are the SS guards. Notice [that] the people in the concentration camp [the survivors] have already stripped these [guards] of their shoes. There are more [corpses of…