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  • Tags: Mercer, Fred

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "If you look at Life Magazine 7 Mar '45 you can see more. Double wire fence." View from outside the perimeter fence toward a barrack. A guard tower is visible to the left.…

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Corpses of executed prisoners lie on the ground near the barracks. Liberators walk between the corpses and a barrack. Numbered 105 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Naked, emaciated corpses of prisoners piled in a hut and covered with lime. Numbered 120 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Two rows of prisoner corpses being prepared for burial. Some corpses are clothed while others are naked. Liberators stand side-by-side around the corpses. One liberator squats down near a corpse. …

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "They left so fast they left the lights on." Naked, emaciated corpse of prisoner on a table with two large lights over it. Numbered 112 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "Dark spots, bullet holes." Liberators stand and walk behind the corpse of the guard. Numbered 117 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. General Eisenhower (2nd from right) and General Patton (3rd from right) talk with other liberators. A reporter for Life magazine is taking notes. Numbered 41 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. General Eisenhower and General Patton during their visit to Ohrdruf. Eisenhower is facing away from the camera. Patton is turned toward it. Other troops stand around them. Writing on reverse: "Walton…

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley stand with other American troops in front of a building listening to someone (outside the photo) speak. A man on the right aims a movie camera in the direction of the…

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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Fred Mercer poses between two Army jeeps. A large group of American troops are gathered behind the jeeps. Numbered 116 on the reverse.
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