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Three young survivors standing behind a barbed wire fence [Buchenwald]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Third Army exposes horror of Buchenwald camp. Liberated inmates of Buchenwald, injured and emaciated, are pictured behind barbed wire fence enclosing the area. Many mature prisoners looked like youths…
Townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners (from a distance) [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: On the left hand side of the photo a row of open, individual graves is visible. The further graves have white stakes driven into the ground above them. In the center of the photo in the distance, townspeople are digging. Numbered 21…
Townspeople burying the victims of the Gardelegen Massacre
Content Note: The charred corpses of prisoners lie in rows in an open field. Townspeople dig graves for them. Numbered 13 on the reverse.
Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Civilians use shovels and picks to dig a row of individual graves. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 85 on the reverse.
Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Male civilians use picks and shovels to dig a row of graves. In the background, men watch and walk (liberators?) Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 94 on the reverse.
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.
Townspeople shroud corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Two male civilians begin to wrap a corpse in a white sheet. Three rows of corpses (some shrouded) are visible. Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. One row of corpses is clothed, but the row the men are working on are naked and…
Two children at Ebensee
Content Note: One little boy has his hands on the other boy's shoulder. They are standing in front of a doorway. Above the door is a sign reading "E[??] verboten". Two male survivors look on from either side of the doorway. See also photo …
Two civilians load the corpse of a prisoner onto a horse-drawn cart [Ebensee]
Content Note: The men lift the corpse by the neck and ankles and place it on top of others on the cart. The cart appears to be in front of a crematorium [?]. See also photo 060801PHEB00WESTBE018. Three survivors look on from the doorway. Numbered…
Two corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Two corpses of male prisoners laid on their backs with white stakes laid on top of them. Above their heads are two folded, white cloths. What appear to be the feet of prisoners already shrouded for burial are visible at the top of the…