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Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Reilly served with the 102nd Calvary Group of the 3rd Army and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau. Place of interview: New York, New York.

Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. The corpse of a German guard lying on the ground. His feet are crossed and his hands are folded over his chest. His rifle lies above his head. Numbered 38 on the reverse.

Content Note: Two liberators stand between two coal cars, looking down into an open coal car filled with corpses of prisoners. The liberator on the right appears to be explaining something. The corpses are wearing prisoner uniforms. On the…

Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Two emaciated corpses of prisoners lie on the straw near the wall of the box car. Both corpses are on their backs. The head of one faces the camera and the head of the other faces away. Both are…

Content Note: Title from the caption on the reverse. Corpse of a German guard underwater in the canal that ran along one side of the Dachau concentration camp. Numbered 39 on the reverse.

Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Close up of a pile of corpses of prisoners. Many of the corpses are naked. Numbered 14 on the reverse.

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Lt. Gen. Quinn served as the G-2 of the 7th Army and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Location of interview: Washington, D.C.

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Perelman served as a PFC with the 232nd Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Location of interview: Omaha, Nebraska

Content Note: In the foreground are a series of wooden structures. Behind them (across the canal?) and behind the barbed wire fence a crowd has gathered. Behind the crowd are three barracks. A group of men waving their hats stand on the roof of…

Content Note: Photo is taken through a barbed wire fence. Survivors appear to be facing each other across a deep trench. Some stand in the trench facing the camera. Some of the men on the far side appear to be wearing military uniforms. Behind…