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George Pierce Ricketts letter to his wife (1)
Content Note: Ricketts served with the Company C, 305th Medical Batallion, 80th Infantry Division as a PFC. He witnessed the liberation of a camp between Frankfurt and Limbach (which he thinks was Buchenwald).
George Pierce Ricketts letter to his wife (2)
Content Note: Ricketts served with the Company C, 305th Medical Batallion, 80th Infantry Division as a PFC. He witnessed the liberation of a camp between Frankfurt and Limbach (which he thinks was Buchenwald).
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…
German civilians remove corpses of prisoners using stretchers (1 of 3) [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Bodies of slave laborers removed by German civilians under supervision of U. S. soldiers." Four German civilians lift a corpse by its arms and legs and place it on a stretcher. In the background, long…
German civilians remove corpses of prisoners using stretchers (2 of 3) [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "German civilians remove bodies. Ninth Air Force photo." Corpses of prisoners laid in long rows. Liberators supervise German civilians who place the corpses on stretchers and carry them away. Ninth Air…
German civilians remove corpses of prisoners using stretchers (3 of 3) [Nordhausen]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "German civilians remove the bodies of slave workers from the labor camp near Nordhausen, as U. S. soldiers supervise the grisly work. Hundreds of workers were systematically starved to death by the German…
German civilians view corpses of prisoners under supervision of liberators [Mauthausen]
Content Note: In the foreground, the naked corpses of female prisoners lie on the ground in rows. Cloth or clothing lies between and around the corpses. In the background, liberators and what appear to be German civilians stand looking at the…
Ginger ? and ? at Techwood Homes, Atlanta, Georgia
Content Note: Ginger stands next to ? on the sidewalk next to Techwood Homes. Wile took this photograph during Army Specialized Training at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Ginger was part of the Civilian Air Defense Watch and played the…
Grady M. Barker Interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Barker served in the 685th Ordnance Ammunition Company and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Location: Atlanta, Georgia.