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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.…
Corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: The 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. (View from outside the barn) Numbered 15 on the reverse.
Zew Budansky interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Budansky served with the 171 Division of the Russian Army (a tank corps) and saw the Vilna, Riga, and Rovno ghettoes in Russia and the Warsaw and Livuv ghettoes in Poland. He also visited a small…
Elizabeth O. Brown interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Brown's husband served with the 665th Topographical Engineers and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of interview: Douglasville, Georgia.
The corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner next to the corpses of two SS guards [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: A close up of the corpse of a male prisoner next to the bodies of two SS guards who were murdered by the prisoners. The prisoner's corpse is naked and emaciated. His arms have been folded over his abdomen. The guards are dressed in…
A group of liberators looks at the corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner laid next to the corpses of two SS guards (2) [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpse of a male prisoner has been placed next to the bodies of two SS guards who were murdered by the prisoners. The prisoner's corpse is naked and emaciated. His arms have been folded over his abdomen. The guards are dressed in…
A group of liberators looks at the corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner laid next to the corpses of two SS guards (1) [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: A tree branch partially obscures this image. The corpse of a male prisoner has been placed next to the bodies of two SS guards who were murdered by the prisoners. The prisoner's corpse is naked and emaciated. His arms have been…
A group of liberators looks at the corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner laid next to the corpses of two SS guards [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpse of a male prisoner has been placed next to the bodies of two SS guards who were murdered by the prisoners. The prisoner's corpse is naked and emaciated. His arms have been folded over his abdomen. The guards are dressed in…
Liberators look at two dead SS guards [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpses of two SS guards lie on their backs on the ground. A swasticka insignia lies next to the one nearest to the camera. A group of liberators stands over the corpses. Numbered 95 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.