Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]

Liberators examine corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]

Ricketts, George Pierce (Donor)

Ricketts, George Pierce (Photographer)

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.

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Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

Ricketts, George Pierce

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.

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Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).

JPG (72 dpi); 52 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.