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Two men stand over a decomposing corpse (?) [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Two men stand inside some sort of metal frame with chains attached to the corners over what appears to be a decomposing corpse. To the right another man looks on. Numbered 12 on the reverse.
Survivor of Bergen-Belsen
Content Note: The head and shoulders of an emaciated male survivor who appears to be lying on a wooden bunk. Numbered 3 on the reverse.
Scaffold and a pile of human remains [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Scaffold with hooks on the cross bar. There is a stool under one of the hooks. In the background, against a high wall, is a pile of human remains. Numbered 14 on the reverse.
Piles of decomposing corpses of prisoners in a field [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Naked corpses that appear to be decomposing lying piles in a bare field in the foreground. In the background, there appears to be a wire fence. Numbered 5 on the reverse.
Mira Kimmelman interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Kimmelman was born near Danzig in 1923, and her family moved to Danzig in 1929. In 1939, they moved to Warsaw and then to Tomaszow to be near her grandparents. In 1943, they were deported to a work…
Matthew Nesbitt interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Nesbitt served as a Sergeant with the Royal Canadian Air force and witnessed the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Place of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.
Male survivors sitting together [Bergen-Belsen]
Content Note: Nine male survivors sitting on the ground together. A man on the lefthand side appears to be looking for lice in another man's hair. Numbered 6 on the reverse.
M. O. Robinson interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Robinson served with the 1477th Engineer Maintenance Company and witnessed the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Location of interview: Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Livia Greeson interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Greeson was born in Hungary. She was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 and lived there from the ages of 14 to 15 with her mother. They were sent for a brief period to work camp in Krakow and…
Liberators supervise townspeople removing corpses of prisoners for burial [Bergen- Belsen]
Content Note: Male civilians move emaciated, clothed corpses of prisoners from what appears to be a pile of corpses. Armed liberators oversee their work. Female civilians stand behind the corpses, watching. Barracks are visible behind some trees…