Female camp guards bury corpses of prisoners in a mass grave [Bergen-Belsen]

Female camp guards bury corpses of prisoners in a mass grave [Bergen-Belsen]

Nesbitt, Matthew (Donor)

Nesbitt, Matthew (Photographer)

Content Note: Female guards in uniform walk along the lefthand side bringing naked corpses to the long, rectangular mass grave in the center of the photo. In the foreground, guards in pairs lift corpses by the arms and legs. Many corpses are visible in the grave in the background. Numbered 11 on the reverse. Written on reverse "1 69% Pg. 3 top"

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Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)

Nesbitt, Matthew

Nash, Lauren

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 3/8" x 6 7/16"; Paper size: 5" x 7" bent, scratches, worn edges, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.

1 - 1 - 1945

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