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  • Tags: Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

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Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Two liberators walk past large piles of ashes and bones near a line of trees. Numbered 51 on the reverse.

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Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Captain Baker served with Company B, 260th Infantry [Regiment] of the 65th Division of the 3rd Army and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf and Mauthausen. Location of interview: Savannah, Georgia.

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Content Note: Corpses of prisoners laid out for burial. One row of corpses wrapped in white cloth and two rows of corpses with white stakes laid on them are visible. Liberators walk along the end of the row. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army…

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Content Note: Writing on reverse: "Upper left -- Mr. Brown". At the end of a row of corpses of prisoners wrapped in white cloth, two civilians wrap another corpse. Each corpse has a white stake laid on top of it. Corpses waiting to be wrapped are…

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Content Note: Two rows of corpses waiting to be wrapped in white cloth and two rows of corpses wrapped in white cloth. A white stake lies on each corpse. Some of the corpses are clothed and others are not. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army…

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Content Note: Civilians use shovels and picks to dig a row of individual graves. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 85 on the reverse.

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Content Note: A row of corpses of prisoners laid out for burial. They are clothed and each has a stake laid on it. On the lefthand side, a neat stack of stakes is visible. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 86 on…

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Content Note: Many liberators stand or walk behind a row of shrouded corpses and two rows of corpses. Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. Some of the bodies are clothed and others are not. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner…

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Content Note: Many liberators stand or walk behind a row of corpses and two rows of corpses wrapped in white cloth. Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. The corpse in the foreground is an emaciated, naked male prisoner. Some of the bodies…

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Content Note: Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. Beyond the corpses' feet, two rows of corpses wrapped in white cloth are visible. All the bodies are clothed. Liberators stand at the end of the rows (only their legs are visible.) Stamp on…
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