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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Liberators and survivors stand and walk in front of and through the entrance to the camp. Numbered 65 on the reverse.

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Paul served as a Corporal in the 34th Squadron of the 17th Bombardment Group and witnessed the liberation of Mauthausen. Location of interview: Jonesboro, Georgia.

Content Note: Paul served as a Corporal in the 34th Squadron of the 17th Bombardment Group and witnessed the liberation of Mauthausen.

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Parloff served with the Q force, 12th Army Group in military intelligence and witnessed the liberation of Nordhausen. He also worked in Aachen. Location of interview: Bethesda, Maryland.

Content Note: Scaffold with hooks on the cross bar. There is a stool under one of the hooks. In the background, against a high wall, is a pile of human remains. Numbered 14 on the reverse.

Content Note: In the foreground, men wearing military uniforms stand in two rows with their backs to the camera. In front of them men in uniform interact. In the background, a truck, a barrack, and some people standing and sitting in a field are…

Content Note: Two men stand inside some sort of metal frame with chains attached to the corners over what appears to be a decomposing corpse. To the right another man looks on. Numbered 12 on the reverse.

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…

Content Note: Female camp guards in uniform stand together. They are looking around and appear to be waiting for something. Numbered 10 on the reverse.

Content Note: Survivor sits with a blanket over his or her legs, wearing a sweater and a head scarf. Other survivors are lying and sitting in the background. Numbered 9 on the reverse.