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"There are approximately 15 men in this pile" [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Caption written on reverse of the photograph. Additional caption text: "1116 killed in this atrocity. There are approximately 15 men in this pile. This is one of the 26 pictures that are on display at the United States Holocaust…
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 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…
Corpses of prisoners in a pile outside the barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: The corpses appear to have had lye thrown on them, and tarps cover some of the bodies. Numbered 2 on the reverse.
Badly charred corpses of prisoners [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Corpses of prisoners lie in rows in a field in preparation for burial. Numbered 1 on the reverse.
Two townspeople place the corpse of a prisoner on a white sheet at the doorway to the barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". Corpses of other prisoners are visible through the doorway. Numbered 6 on the reverse.
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.
Charred corpses of prisoners inside the barn burned during the Gardelegen Massacre
Content Note: Photograph is out of focus. Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". The corpses lie in a row perpendicular to the barn walls. Numbered 5 on the reverse.
A Liberator views the charred corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape from the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". Two of the charred corpses lie outside the barn door. The liberator stands next to the door frame looking at those two corpses. Other corpses lie inside the…
Townspeople burying the victims of the Gardelegen Massacre
Content Note: The charred corpses of prisoners lie in rows in an open field. Townspeople dig graves for them. Numbered 13 on the reverse.