"German guards forced to carry the dead for burial" [Bergen-Belsen]
Dublin Core
Title
"German guards forced to carry the dead for burial" [Bergen-Belsen]
Creator
Nesbitt, Matthew (Donor)
Nesbitt, Matthew (Photographer)
Description
Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. Two guards walking and carrying the corpse of a prisoner in a striped uniform. One holds the arms, the other the legs. The corpse is faced down. The far guard is in uniform. The are walking in front of a barrack. Numbered 1 on the reverse.
Identifier
06080100PHBB00NESBMA001
06080100PHBB00NESBMA001.JPG
Subject
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Nesbitt, Matthew
Source
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 7/16" x 4 7/16"; Paper size: 6 7/8" x 4 7/8" bent, scratches, damage on negative, negative out of focus. Reverse of photo: small paper label, stained, writing.
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); 60 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
Files
Collection
Citation
Nesbitt, Matthew (Donor) and Nesbitt, Matthew (Photographer), “"German guards forced to carry the dead for burial" [Bergen-Belsen],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed October 31, 2025, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/778.