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Two corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]Content Note: Two corpses of male prisoners laid on their backs with white stakes laid on top of them. Above their heads are two folded, white cloths.…
Townspeople shroud corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]Content Note: Two male civilians begin to wrap a corpse in a white sheet. Three rows of corpses (some shrouded) are visible. Each corpse has a stake…
Townspeople digging individual graves for the corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]Content Note: Male civilians use shovels and picks to dig graves. Liberators stand over them with rifles slung over their shoulders, observing their…
Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]Content Note: Male civilians use picks and shovels to dig a row of graves. In the background, men watch and walk (liberators?) Stamp on reverse:…
Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]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…
Townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners (from a distance) [Ohrdruf]Content Note: On the left hand side of the photo a row of open, individual graves is visible. The further graves have white stakes driven into the…
Three liberators pose behind a stack of prisoner corpses [Ohrdruf]Content Note: The corpses are stacked with either their heads or their feet toward the camera next to a building. They are emaciated, and some are…
The corpse of a naked, emaciated prisoner next to the corpses of two SS guards [Ohrdruf]Content Note: A close up of the corpse of a male prisoner next to the bodies of two SS guards who were murdered by the prisoners. The prisoner's…
Military trucks moving corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]Content Note: Military vehicles in a large, muddy field. A man stands behind a trailer attached to a truck. The trailer appears to contain prisoner…
Major General George T. Duncan interviewContent Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Duncan served with the 65th Infantry Division and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of…