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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…
German civilians go to bury victims, supervised by the Ninth Army [Gardelegen]
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "The victims were tossed into mass grave; the civilians dug individual graves and reburied each victim." German citizens carrying shovels walk down a dirt road escorted by troops from the Ninth Army. Town buildings…
German civilians dig graves for victims of the mass burnings at Gardelegen
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "Plain wooden crosses are stacked on the ground while German civilians dig graves for victims of the mass burnings at the Gardelegen Camp on the Elbe River. The civilians are guarded by the troops of the Ninth U. S.…
General Eisenhower watches survivors demonstrate how they were tortured [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazi sadists operating the camp. …
General Eisenhower views prisoner corpses at Ohrdruf
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Eisenhower walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates at the camp at Gotha, lying where they were slain." Survivors and other Army personnel stand behind the…
General Eisenhower listens as a survivor describes atrocities committed by Germans at the camp [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Standing beside a well-used Gallow, Gen. Eisenhower listens while occupants of a former German concentration camp tell, through an interpreter, of atrocities committed by Germans operating the camp." …
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…
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…
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.…
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,…