"Shot by SS just before we got there" [Ohrdruf]

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Title

"Shot by SS just before we got there" [Ohrdruf]

Creator

Baker, John Henry, Jr. (Donor)

Description

Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. A liberator, his rifle slung over his shoulder, squats down to pose with the corpse of a prisoner. He has a cigarette in his mouth and is not wearing his helmet. The corpse is on a path with a low fence running down both sides of it. Two other liberators walk down the path away from the camera. Barracks are visible in the background. Numbered 48 on the reverse.

Identifier

06080100PHOR00BAKEJO007
06080100PHOR00BAKEJO007.JPG

Subject

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Baker, John Henry, Jr.

Source

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 6 7/8" x 4 7/8" bent, scratched, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.

Date

- -

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); 58 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.

Files

06080100PHOR00BAKEJO007.JPG

Collection

Citation

Baker, John Henry, Jr. (Donor), “"Shot by SS just before we got there" [Ohrdruf],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed March 28, 2024, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/631.

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