"Corpses of prisoners near the crematorium oven" [Buchenwald]
Dublin Core
Title
"Corpses of prisoners near the crematorium oven" [Buchenwald]
Creator
Wile, Dennis E. (Donor)
Description
Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. A liberator poses next to a room full of the corpses of prisoners. See 06060100PHBU00WILEDE004 for the caption on the reverse of the original print. Numbered 3 on the reverse. Originally "picture B"
Identifier
06080100PHBU00WILEDE003
06080100PHBU00WILEDE003.JPG
Subject
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Wile, Dennis E.
Source
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 7/16" x 4 7/16"; Paper size: 6 15/16" x 4 15/16" bent, cracked, stained, tape, scratches, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: glue, fibers adhered to glue; 2 paper labels, one partially torn off, writing.
Date
4 - 0 - 1945
Contributor
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.
Rights
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Relation
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
Format
JPG (72 dpi); 67 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
Files
Collection
Citation
Wile, Dennis E. (Donor), “"Corpses of prisoners near the crematorium oven" [Buchenwald],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed October 31, 2025, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/414.