"They were laying all over the place like this" [Ohrdruf]
Dublin Core
Title
"They were laying all over the place like this" [Ohrdruf]
Creator
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
Description
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Corpses of executed prisoners lie on the ground near the barracks. Liberators walk between the corpses and a barrack. Numbered 105 on the reverse.
Identifier
06080100PHOR00MERCFR013
06080100PHOR00MERCFR013.JPG
Subject
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Mercer, Fred
Source
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 4 7/8" x 6 3/4" bent, cracked, scratches, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label.
Date
1 - 1 - 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); 55 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
Files
Collection
Citation
Mercer, Fred (Donor) and Mercer, Fred (Photographer), “"They were laying all over the place like this" [Ohrdruf],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed October 31, 2025, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/684.