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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.
"Partely [sic] disected [sic]" prisoner corpse [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "They left so fast they left the lights on." Naked, emaciated corpse of prisoner on a table with two large lights over it. Numbered 112 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…
"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…