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Five survivors sit on a pile of debris while liberators gather together on the righthand side [Nordhausen]
Content Note: The survivors are sitting in front of a large structure, and the liberators are gathering under it. Numbered 7 on the reverse.
Four men prepare to slide the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: Two men prepare to lift the emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner from the floor to a long narrow tray that slides into the crematorium oven. Using two pairs of tongs, one of them lifts the corpse's feet and the other lifts the…
Four townspeople carry the corpse of a prisoner out of the barn in a white sheet [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". The four men lift the sheet by its corners as they walk through the barn door. Numbered 4 on the reverse.
Frank D. Spiegel interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Spiegel served with the 308th Ordnance Company, 82nd Airborne Division and witnessed the liberation of Wobbelin. Location of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.
Frank F. Hamburger, Jr., interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Hamburger served with Company C, 260th Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of interview: Columbus, Georgia.
Franklin Lee Clark interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Clark served with the 3rd Army, Headquarter Battery, 11th Armored Division Artillery, and witnessed the liberation of Mauthausen in Austria. Location of interview: Cartersville, Georgia.
Fred Bohm interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Bohm served with the 104th Infantry Division as a technical corporal and witnessed the liberation of Nordhausen. Location of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.
Fred Mercer interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Mercer served with the 'B' Company, 69th Signal Battalion, 20th Corps of the 3rd Army and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald. Location of interview: Warner Robins, Georgia.
General Eisenhower and American troops view corpses of executed prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: They stand in front of Barrack 4. Numbered 66 on the reverse.
General Eisenhower in a jeep [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Close-up of General Eisenhower in a jeep during his visit to Ohrdruf. A barrack is visible in the background. Numbered 104 on the reverse.