Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]

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Title

Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]

Creator

Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor)
Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer)

Description

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.

Identifier

06080100PHOR00RICKGE003
06080100PHOR00RICKGE003.JPG

Subject

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Ricketts, George Pierce

Source

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.

Date

- -

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); 52 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.

Files

06080100PHOR00RICKGE003.JPG

Collection

Citation

Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor) and Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer), “Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed December 14, 2024, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/699.

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