"Shot by SS just before we got there" [Ohrdruf]

"Shot by SS just before we got there" [Ohrdruf]

Baker, John Henry, Jr. (Donor)

Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. A liberator, his rifle slung over his shoulder, squats down to pose with the corpse of a prisoner. He has a cigarette in his mouth and is not wearing his helmet. The corpse is on a path with a low fence running down both sides of it. Two other liberators walk down the path away from the camera. Barracks are visible in the background. Numbered 48 on the reverse.

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Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

Baker, John Henry, Jr.

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 6 7/8" x 4 7/8" bent, scratched, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: 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.