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Exterior of Dachau
Content Note: View of Dachau from across a canal. Outside the fence a soldiers walk along a road. Inside the fence people are visible standing in groups. Numbered 1 on the front border. Numbered 6 on the reverse.
Female camp guards bury corpses of prisoners in a mass grave [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Female guards in uniform walk along the lefthand side bringing naked corpses to the long, rectangular mass grave in the center of the photo. In the foreground, guards in pairs lift corpses by the arms and legs. Many corpses are…
Female camp guards standing together [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Female camp guards in uniform stand together. They are looking around and appear to be waiting for something. Numbered 10 on the reverse.
Female survivors getting food (?) in a muddy field [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Female survivors getting something in bowls from long, low tables. The women are wearing striped dresses, jackets and head scarves. There is standing water in the field and what appears to be trash. The background of the photo is…
Five male survivors stand in front of building ruins [Nordhausen]
Content Note: The survivors are wearing prisoner uniforms. Numbered 1 on the reverse.
Five survivors sit on a pile of debris while liberators gather together on the righthand side [Nordhausen]
Content Note: The survivors are sitting in front of a large structure, and the liberators are gathering under it. Numbered 7 on the reverse.
Four men prepare to slide the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: Two men prepare to lift the emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner from the floor to a long narrow tray that slides into the crematorium oven. Using two pairs of tongs, one of them lifts the corpse's feet and the other lifts the…
Four townspeople carry the corpse of a prisoner out of the barn in a white sheet [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". The four men lift the sheet by its corners as they walk through the barn door. Numbered 4 on the reverse.
General Eisenhower and American troops view corpses of executed prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: They stand in front of Barrack 4. Numbered 66 on the reverse.
General Eisenhower in a jeep [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Close-up of General Eisenhower in a jeep during his visit to Ohrdruf. A barrack is visible in the background. Numbered 104 on the reverse.