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Liberators tend to survivors of Ebensee near the tents of the 30th Field Hospital
Content Note: In the foreground, two liberators and a survivor help another survivor rise from a stretcher in front of the entrance to a tent. The survivor on the stretcher is wearing only a striped shirt and holds his hand to his head. A liberator…
Liberators view a demonstration of torture at Buchenwald
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.
Liberators view corpses of prisoners at Nordhausen
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Nordhausen. A Ninth Air Force photographer accompanying advance elements of Armor and Infantry made this picture at the slave labor camp near Nordhausen." Prisoner corpses laid out in long rows outdoors.…
Liberators view the corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: The still-smoking, charred corpses of prisoners lie in a pile at one of the doors to the barn. The remains of the gasoline-soaked straw are visible beneath them. A group of liberators stand outside the barn looking at the corpses.…
Loaded carts [Buchenwald]
Content Note: Several carts loaded with luggage and other bundles near the edge of a forest. Several horses graze in front of them. A boy stands near the camera on the lefthand side and a liberator walks toward the camera on the righthand side. …
Male survivors in Mauthausen barracks
Content Note: Emaciated male survivors stand and sit between bunks or lay on bunks. Numbered 19 on the reverse.
Male survivors of Ebensee pose together near a barbed wire fence
Content Note: Ten survivors stand together in a row. Some are naked, most are emaciated. The barbed wire fence is behind them. Numbered 15 on the reverse.
Male survivors sitting together [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Nine male survivors sitting on the ground together. A man on the lefthand side appears to be looking for lice in another man's hair. Numbered 6 on the reverse.
Members of Congressional party view spot where POWs were shot [Dachau]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Members of Congressional party now investigating Nazi POW atrocities in Germany view the spot where POWs were shot. Sen. Brooks points to spot saturated with blood at this camp at Dachau. With him are…
Military trucks moving corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Military vehicles in a large, muddy field. A man stands behind a trailer attached to a truck. The trailer appears to contain prisoner corpses. In the background, there is another truck. Numbered 58 on the reverse.