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Corpses of prisoners [Dachau]
Content Note: Corpses of prisoners lie scattered on a floor. In the foreground an upturned bucket (?) is visible. Doorway is visible on the righthand side. Different view of photo 10. Numbered 3 on the front border. Numbered 11 on the reverse.
"This is one of four ovens that I saw" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Close-up of crematorium oven with doors open to reveal a pile of bones and ashes. Numbered 43 on the reverse.
Room filled with the corpses of prisoners [Dachau]
Content Note: Small room piled high with the corpses of prisoners. Most bodies are clothed, many with striped uniforms. The doors of the room are open, and the bodies are spilling out. Numbered 44 on the reverse.
"These are the SS guards [dead on the banks of the canal]" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "These are the SS guards. Notice [that] the people in the concentration camp [the survivors] have already stripped these [guards] of their shoes. There are more [corpses of…
"Not very pretty is it?" [corpses of prisoners at Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Room filled with the corpses of prisoners. Some are clothed and others are naked. Numbered 46 on the reverse.
"Dead SS bastards from the concentration camp" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "These were guards". Corpses of the guards lie on the banks of the canal. Their shoes have been taken. Liberators stand and walk along the path between the camp fence and…
Survivors standing on either side of a trench [Dachau]
Content Note: Photo is taken through a barbed wire fence. Survivors appear to be facing each other across a deep trench. Some stand in the trench facing the camera. Some of the men on the far side appear to be wearing military uniforms. Behind…
Celebrating the liberation of the camp [Dachau]
Content Note: In the foreground are a series of wooden structures. Behind them (across the canal?) and behind the barbed wire fence a crowd has gathered. Behind the crowd are three barracks. A group of men waving their hats stand on the roof of…
"The reason so many naked bodies--The clothing was salvaged and used several times." [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Close up of a pile of corpses of prisoners. Many of the corpses are naked. Numbered 14 on the reverse.
"German guard in the creek" [Dachau]
Content Note: Title from the caption on the reverse. Corpse of a German guard underwater in the canal that ran along one side of the Dachau concentration camp. Numbered 39 on the reverse.