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Congressional delegation view a V-bomb at an underground factory at Nordhausen
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Members of a U. S. Cong. committee investigating German atrocities view a German V-Bomb in an underground factory at Nordhausen, Germany. (L-R) Rep. John Vorys, Rep. Ed. V. Izac, Sen. C. Wayland Brooks,…
Congressional delegation visits an underground V-bomb factory at Nordhausen
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "American Congressmen who came to Europe to see an underground V-bomb factory at Nordhausen, Germany. Here, in a forest of V-2 tail assemblies are (L-R) Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (R-Mass); Maj. H. A.…
German civilians remove corpses of prisoners using stretchers (3 of 3) [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "German civilians remove the bodies of slave workers from the labor camp near Nordhausen, as U. S. soldiers supervise the grisly work. Hundreds of workers were systematically starved to death by the German…
German civilians remove corpses of prisoners using stretchers (2 of 3) [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "German civilians remove bodies. Ninth Air Force photo." Corpses of prisoners laid in long rows. Liberators supervise German civilians who place the corpses on stretchers and carry them away. Ninth Air…
German civilians remove corpses of prisoners using stretchers (1 of 3) [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Bodies of slave laborers removed by German civilians under supervision of U. S. soldiers." Four German civilians lift a corpse by its arms and legs and place it on a stretcher. In the background, long…
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.…
"Bodies awaiting burial" [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional caption text: "German civilians were drafted to help in removing and burying the dead." Two long, parallel trenches with the corpses of prisoners laid side-by-side down their length. Between…
Congressional delegation walking through Camp Dora at Nordhausen, Germany
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "American congressmen investigating German atrocities walk through the infamous camp Dora concentration camp at Nordhausen, Germany." The delegation and U. S. Army officials walk down a road through the…
Richard Schifter interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Schifter served with the T Force (Intelligence Unit) of the 12th Army and then was attached to the 1st Infantry Division. He witnessed the liberation of Camp Dora. Later, Schifter was a member of the…
Congressman Edouard V. M. Izac (R-CA) interview
Content Note: Transcript of a video recording. Izac was a member of the Naval Affairs Committee in 1945. He served on the congressional committee requested by General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945 to visit several concentration camps shortly after…