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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…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners and talk with survivors [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Clothed corpses of executed prisoners lie in the foreground. Liberators walk and stand behind them. On the lefthand side, a small group of liberators talk to some survivors, one of whom gestures to the right. A barrack is visible in…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Many liberators stand or walk behind a row of shrouded corpses and two rows of corpses. Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. Some of the bodies are clothed and others are not. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
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…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Several liberators observe two rows of prisoner corpses. Each corpse has a white stake laid on his chest. What appear to be white cloths above the second row of corpses' heads may be corpses already wrapped for burial. Numbered 16 on…
Liberators oversee townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Liberators in the foreground watch civilians bury corpses of prisoners (or dig graves). White stakes used to mark graves are visible over the ridge where the townspeople are digging. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner…
Liberators oversee townspeople preparing the corpses of prisoners for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "Upper left -- Mr. Brown". At the end of a row of corpses of prisoners wrapped in white cloth, two civilians wrap another corpse. Each corpse has a white stake laid on top of it. Corpses waiting to be wrapped are…
Liberators stand near corpses of prisoners stacked next to a building under two wreaths [Buchenwald]
Content Note: The corpses are stacked three deep. Most are naked and emaciated. Numbered 108 On the reverse.
Liberators supervise townspeople burying corpses of prisoners [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Corpses are laid in a deep trench. Some are clothed, all are emaciated. A group of 4 townspeople lower another corpse into place. Liberators stand along the side of the trench. Numbered 5 on the reverse.
Liberators supervise townspeople removing corpses of prisoners for burial [Bergen- Belsen]
Content Note: Male civilians move emaciated, clothed corpses of prisoners from what appears to be a pile of corpses. Armed liberators oversee their work. Female civilians stand behind the corpses, watching. Barracks are visible behind some trees…