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German civilians go to bury victims, supervised by the Ninth Army [Gardelegen]
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "The victims were tossed into mass grave; the civilians dug individual graves and reburied each victim." German citizens carrying shovels walk down a dirt road escorted by troops from the Ninth Army. Town buildings…
German civilians dig graves for victims of the mass burnings at Gardelegen
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "Plain wooden crosses are stacked on the ground while German civilians dig graves for victims of the mass burnings at the Gardelegen Camp on the Elbe River. The civilians are guarded by the troops of the Ninth U. S.…
"German Tiger tank--shot its last load"
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Me on the right." Jackson served with the 84th Field Hospital. Two liberators stand in front of a tank. Numbered 12 on the reverse.
"A man being murdered" [Buchenwald]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "this man had been a guard but we let the inmates kill him." A crowd of survivors surrounds the guard. Many of the survivors are looking up at the camera. The crowd is near…
"The man in the center was murdered and decapitated a few minutes after this photo was taken" [Buchenwald]
Content Note: The guard stands at the center with his shirt open. He is surounded by survivors, most of whom are facing the camera. Numbered 10 on the reverse.
Miguel J. Montesinos interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Montesinos served as a Major with the 7th Army (Intelligence Assault Force) and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Place of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.
Liberators observe corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Several liberators observe two rows of prisoner corpses. Each corpse has a white stake laid on his chest. What appear to be white cloths above the second row of corpses' heads may be corpses already wrapped for burial. Numbered 16 on…
Two corpses of prisoners laid out for burial [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Two corpses of male prisoners laid on their backs with white stakes laid on top of them. Above their heads are two folded, white cloths. What appear to be the feet of prisoners already shrouded for burial are visible at the top of the…
Townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners (from a distance) [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: On the left hand side of the photo a row of open, individual graves is visible. The further graves have white stakes driven into the ground above them. In the center of the photo in the distance, townspeople are digging. Numbered 21…
Denton Harris interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Harris served with the 86th Infantry Division (Intelligence Reconnaissance) and witnessed the liberation of a work camp near Inglestadt on the Danube River and of a medieval castle used as a camp. …