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"Bodies of displaced persons found in Ordruf concentration camp near Friedrichroda, Germany"
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Same scene as Erickson photo 1. Corpses of executed prisoners lie on the ground. They are clothed in prisoner uniforms and emaciated. In the background, a few liberators stand looking at the…
"Bodies of displaced persons found in Ordruf concentration camp near Friedrichordi, Germany"
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Corpses of executed prisoners lie on the ground. They are clothed in prisoner uniforms and emaciated. One liberator stands in the foreground facing them (back to the camera, visible from the…
Marie Ellifritz interview
Content Note: Transcript of a video recording. Ellifritz served with the 130th Evacuation Hospital as a nurse and witnessed the liberation of Mauthausen. Location of interview: Washington, DC (International Liberators' Conference).
Two survivors appear to be pushing the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: The corpse of the prisoner has been slid approximately half way into the crematorium oven. The survivors stand on either side of the oven doors. One of them holds a pole ending in a hook. The other appears to be pushing the body with…
Three survivors appear to be preparing to slide the corpse of a prisoner into a crematorium oven [Dachau]
Content Note: The emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner lies on a narrow tray that can be slid into the crematorium oven. The corpse's hands are folded over its abdomen and its head is turned toward the camera. Two survivors stand behind the…
Two survivors appear to drag the corpse of a prisoner down a hallway using a pair of tongs [Dachau]
Content Note: The survivors stand, each holding one handle of the tongs. The emaciated, naked corpse of the prisoner lies between them on its back with its hands folded over its abdomen. The tongs are around the corpse's head. Numbered 57 on the…
Two men with the corpse of a prisoner [Dachau]
Content Note: Two men stand over the emaciated, naked corpse of a prisoner. The corpse is lying on the floor of what appears to be a room with blood-spattered walls. One of the men holds one of the corpse's arm up, and the other holds one of the…
Corpses of prisoners at Dachau (close-up)
Content Note: Close-up of a pile of corpses of prisoners. Most are emaciated and many are without clothing, but one at the center is not emaciated and is clothed. Numbered 58 on the reverse. [Original is in the 45th Infantry Division Museum in…
Major General George T. Duncan interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Duncan served with the 65th Infantry Division and witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf. Location of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.
W. W. Dunagan interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Dunagan served with the 341st Engineers as a captain and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald. Location of interview: Tucker, Georgia.