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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…

Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "These were guards". Corpses of the guards lie on the banks of the canal. Their shoes have been taken. Liberators stand and walk along the path between the camp fence and…

Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Room filled with the corpses of prisoners. Some are clothed and others are naked. Numbered 46 on the reverse.

Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "These are the SS guards. Notice [that] the people in the concentration camp [the survivors] have already stripped these [guards] of their shoes. There are more [corpses of…

Content Note: Small room piled high with the corpses of prisoners. Most bodies are clothed, many with striped uniforms. The doors of the room are open, and the bodies are spilling out. Numbered 44 on the reverse.

Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Close-up of crematorium oven with doors open to reveal a pile of bones and ashes. Numbered 43 on the reverse.

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Montesinos served as a Major with the 7th Army (Intelligence Assault Force) and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Place of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.