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Aerial view of Dachau (II)
Content Note: View of the Dachau, Germany, from the air. The Dachau concentration camp was located just beyond the side of the photo opposite the side with writing. This is one of two similar photos donated by Mr. Fossieck. Numbered 25 on the…
Aerial view of Dachau (I)
Content Note: View of the Dachau concentration camp from the air. This is one of two similar photos donated by Mr. Fossieck. Numbered 50 on the reverse.
Two survivors appear to be pushing the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: The corpse of the prisoner has been slid approximately half way into the crematorium oven. The survivors stand on either side of the oven doors. One of them holds a pole ending in a hook. The other appears to be pushing the body with…
Three survivors appear to be preparing to slide the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: The emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner lies on a narrow tray that can be slid into the crematorium oven. The corpse's hands are folded over its abdomen and its head is turned toward the camera. Two survivors stand behind the…
Two survivors appear to drag the corpse of a prisoner down a hallway using a pair of tongs [Dachau]
Content Note: The survivors stand, each holding one handle of the tongs. The emaciated, naked corpse of the prisoner lies between them on its back with its hands folded over its abdomen. The tongs are around the corpse's head. Numbered 57 on the…
Two men with the corpse of a prisoner [Dachau]
Content Note: Two men stand over the emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner. The corpse is lying on the floor of what appears to be a room with blood-spattered walls. One of the men holds one of the corpse's arm up, and the other holds one of the…
Corpses of prisoners at Dachau (close-up)
Content Note: Close-up of a pile of corpses of prisoners. Most are emaciated and many are without clothing, but one at the center is not emaciated and is clothed. Numbered 58 on the reverse. [Original is in the 45th Infantry Division Museum in…
Four men prepare to slide the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: Two men prepare to lift the emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner from the floor to a long narrow tray that slides into the crematorium oven. Using two pairs of tongs, one of them lifts the corpse's feet and the other lifts the…
Roll-call place with a view of the camp kitchen (View from a distance) [Dachau]
Content Note: The building is at the end of a long, wide gravel lane bordered on both sides by tall trees. Photo taken in fall 1945. Numbered 93 on the reverse. See also 06080100PHDA00BERRHO003.
"BRAUSEBAD" (showers) painted over the doorway of a room with bunk beds in it [Dachau]
Content Note: Photo taken from inside a room, looking out an open door. Within the room, on the lefthand side, a bunk bed is visible. It is dark outside the door except for a rectangle of light that may be a window. Numbered 91 on the reverse. …