Piles of decomposing corpses of prisoners in a field [Bergen-Belsen]
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Title
Piles of decomposing corpses of prisoners in a field [Bergen-Belsen]
Creator
Nesbitt, Matthew (Donor)
Nesbitt, Matthew (Photographer)
Description
Content Note: Naked corpses that appear to be decomposing lying piles in a bare field in the foreground. In the background, there appears to be a wire fence. Numbered 5 on the reverse.
Identifier
06080100PHBB00NESBMA005
06080100PHBB00NESBMA005.JPG
Subject
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Nesbitt, Matthew
Source
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 7/16" x 6 7/16"; Paper size: 5" x 7" bent, cracked, scratches. Reverse of photo: stained/dirty, paper label, 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); 68 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
Files
Collection
Citation
Nesbitt, Matthew (Donor) and Nesbitt, Matthew (Photographer), “Piles of decomposing corpses of prisoners in a field [Bergen-Belsen],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed October 30, 2025, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/782.