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Area with corpses of executed prisoners after most have been removed for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Corpses of executed prisoners lying in an open area near some barracks. Only a small number remain compared with other photographs of the same area. A stretcher has been left near the corpses. The prisoners wear prison uniforms. …
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.
"Liberation cermonies" [Flossenburg]
Content Note: Caption written on reverse of photograph. Several liberators stand on a podium. The Soviet, American and Australian [?] flags hang from the podium under a sign that says "THANKS to our LIBERATORS". Portraits of Franklin Delano…
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…
A naked, emaciated prisoner corpse near the corpses of executed prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpse of a male prisoner who had died prior to the evacuation (and had been placed in a hut with other corpses and covered with lime) lies face down near the corpses of prisoners executed when Ohrdruf was evacuated. Liberators…
Townspeople digging individual graves for the corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Male civilians use shovels and picks to dig graves. Liberators stand over them with rifles slung over their shoulders, observing their work. Numbered 74 on the reverse.
A scaffold in Ohrdruf
Content Note: A scaffold near the barracks. Three liberators stand behind it, looking at it. Numbered 76 on the reverse.
Charred remains of corpses of prisoners burned on a section of railroad track in the camp [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Numbered 77 on the reverse.
Leg sticking out of a pit of human remains [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Numbered 79 on the reverse.
Three liberators pose behind a stack of prisoner corpses [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpses are stacked with either their heads or their feet toward the camera next to a building. They are emaciated, and some are clothed while others are not. Two of the liberators are wearing gloves. Numbered 78 on the reverse.