"Something happened here" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Ricketts, George Pierce
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Liberators examine corpses of executed prisoners scattered on the ground near the barracks. The corpses are clothed in prisoner uniforms. Numbered 67 on the reverse.
Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor)
Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, scratched, stained, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, partially removed paper level, writing, pink ink stain.
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Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 58 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Ricketts, George Pierce
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 ground. The other corpses appear to be dressed in prisoner uniforms. There are barracks in the background. Numbered 61 on the reverse.
Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor)
Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, scratched, faded, stained, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, partially removed paper level.
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Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 52 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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"Some of these were starved to death, some crippled, all shot in the back." [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Ricketts, George Pierce
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Corpses of executed prisoners lying on the ground near the barracks. All are clothed in prisoner uniforms. A liberator is running away from the camera in the upper left corner (toward a barrack.) Numbered 60 on the reverse.
Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor)
Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, scratched, faded, stained, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, partially removed paper level.
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Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 61 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00RICKGE002.JPG
"Some camp between Frankfort and Limbach" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Ricketts, George Pierce
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Liberators observe and examine corpses of executed prisoners near barrack 7. Numbered 38 on the reverse.
Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor)
Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" scratched, faded, stained, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, partially removed paper label, writing.
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Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 58 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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Frankfurt (Germany)
George Pierce Ricketts letter to his wife (2)
United States--Army--Infantry Division, 80th
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Medical Battalion, 305th--Company C
United States--Army--Army, 3rd
Ricketts, George Pierce
Content Note: Ricketts served with the Company C, 305th Medical Batallion, 80th Infantry Division as a PFC. He witnessed the liberation of a camp between Frankfurt and Limbach (which he thinks was Buchenwald).
Ricketts, George Pierce (Author)
2 pages (correspondence) Photocopy of an autograph letter with typed title.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
PDF file (72 dpi).
PDF (72 dpi); 390 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100CFLI00078003000.PDF
George Pierce Ricketts letter to his wife (1)
United States--Army--Infantry Division, 80th
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Medical Battalion, 305th--Company C
United States--Army--Army, 3rd
Ricketts, George Pierce
Content Note: Ricketts served with the Company C, 305th Medical Batallion, 80th Infantry Division as a PFC. He witnessed the liberation of a camp between Frankfurt and Limbach (which he thinks was Buchenwald).
Ricketts, George Pierce (Author)
3 pages (correspondence) Photocopy of an autograph letter with typed title. Third page is a typescript excerpt from this letter.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
PDF file (72 dpi).
PDF (72 dpi); 651 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
06080100CFLI00078002000
06080100CFLI00078002000.PDF
George Pierce Ricketts interview
United States--Army--Infantry Division, 80th
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Medical Battalion, 305th--Company C
United States--Army--Army, 3rd
Mell, Lorraine K.
Ricketts, George Pierce
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Ricketts served with the Company C, 305th Medical Batallion, 80th Infantry Division as a PFC. He witnessed the liberation of a camp between Frankfurt and Limbach (which he thinks was Buchenwald). Location of interview: Riverdale, Georgia.
Mell, Lorraine K. (Interviewer)
Ricketts, George Pierce (Interviewee)
12 pages (oral history transcript) Typescript with handwritten edits.
1 - 7 - 1979
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
PDF file (72 dpi).
PDF (72 dpi); 29 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
06080100CFLI00078001000
06080100CFLI00078001000.PDF