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  • Collection: Photographs

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Content Note: The corpses of the male prisoners lie head-to-head on the ground. One has his arms spread to the sides, and his rib cage stands out sharply. Boot prints and hoof prints are visible in the mud. Numbered 19 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Represents 8,000 bodies. Mr. Ayers is the soldier wit the camera." Liberators wearing Red Cross insignia stand together near a pile of human remains behind a scaffold. One…

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Content Note: The corpses are stacked three deep. Most are naked and emaciated. Numbered 108 On the reverse.

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Content Note: Liberators listen while a survivor explains how prisoners were beaten. A dummy dressed in a prisoner's uniform is used in the demonstration. Caption below the photograph reads "Buchenwald." Numbered 111 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. Townspeople dig a row of individual graves with shovels. In the background, a row of white stakes that may mark other graves are visible. Numbered 43 on the reverse.

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Content Note: A group of people sit in a field outside of Ordruf. A few people stand together toward the righthand sit of those seated. In the background barracks are visible. Numbered 55 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. A scaffold near barrack 19. Some clothing hangs from the branch of a tree behind the scaffold. Numbered 44 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Thses [sic] had put on civilian clothing." Four liberators stand over the corpses of two SS guards. One of the liberators is photographing the corpses. The clothing on the…

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Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. A liberator stands amid the corpses of prisoners laid out for burial. He has his rifle slung over his shoulder. The corpses are in rows with white stakes laid on top of them. White cloths are…

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Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. A liberator walks between the rows of prisoner corpses prepared for burial. The bodies have been wrapped in white cloths and have a white stake leaning against them. Behind the rows of corpses…
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