A Liberator views the charred corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape from the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]

A Liberator views the charred corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape from the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]

Cartledge, William Ned (Donor)

Content Note: Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". Two of the charred corpses lie outside the barn door. The liberator stands next to the door frame looking at those two corpses. Other corpses lie inside the doorway in a pile. Numbered 3 on the reverse.

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Cartledge, William Ned

Gardelegen (Germany)

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" torn, bent, cracked, scratches, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: paper label, two pieces of tape with black paper fibers adhering to them (as if torn from a sheet of black paper).

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