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Liberators oversee townspeople preparing the corpses of prisoners for burial [Ohrdruf]
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…
Liberators oversee townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Liberators in the foreground watch civilians bury corpses of prisoners (or dig graves). White stakes used to mark graves are visible over the ridge where the townspeople are digging. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Several liberators observe two rows of prisoner corpses. Each corpse has a white stake laid on his chest. What appear to be white cloths above the second row of corpses' heads may be corpses already wrapped for burial. Numbered 16 on…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
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…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
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…
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners and talk with survivors [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Clothed corpses of executed prisoners lie in the foreground. Liberators walk and stand behind them. On the lefthand side, a small group of liberators talk to some survivors, one of whom gestures to the right. A barrack is visible in…
Liberators look at two dead SS guards [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpses of two SS guards lie on their backs on the ground. A swasticka insignia lies next to the one nearest to the camera. A group of liberators stands over the corpses. Numbered 95 on the reverse.
Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Text on reverse: "Be sure and keep these pictures, honey. These I taken [sic] myself." A naked, emaciated corpse lies in the center foreground. Behind the corpse, liberators walk between and behind the other corpses scattered on the…
Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Liberators examine corpses of executed prisoners scattered on the ground near barracks. The corpses are clothed in prisoner uniforms. Numbered 71 on the reverse. Photograph was printed in June 1979.
Leg sticking out of a pit of human remains [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Numbered 79 on the reverse.