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Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Male civilians use picks and shovels to dig a row of graves. In the background, men watch and walk (liberators?) Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 94 on the reverse.
Townspeople dig individual graves for corpses of prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: Civilians use shovels and picks to dig a row of individual graves. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 85 on the reverse.
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.
Townspeople burying the corpses of prisoners (from a distance) [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: On the left hand side of the photo a row of open, individual graves is visible. The further graves have white stakes driven into the ground above them. In the center of the photo in the distance, townspeople are digging. Numbered 21…
Three young survivors standing behind a barbed wire fence [Buchenwald]
Content Note: Caption from a separate page: "Third Army exposes horror of Buchenwald camp. Liberated inmates of Buchenwald, injured and emaciated, are pictured behind barbed wire fence enclosing the area. Many mature prisoners looked like youths…
Three survivors stand behind a corpses of prisoners on a handcart [Ebensee]
Content Note: The survivor in the center has his hands resting on one of the corpses. The corpses of the male prisoners are emaciated and naked. They are stacked head to foot, and their arms are crossed over their chests. In the background, the…
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…
Three liberators pose behind a stack of prisoner corpses [Ohrdruf]
Content Note: The corpses are stacked with either their heads or their feet toward the camera next to a building. They are emaciated, and some are clothed while others are not. Two of the liberators are wearing gloves. Numbered 78 on the reverse.
Thomas Spruill and Jesse Lafoon interview
Content Note: Transcript of a "Witness to the Holocaust" television series interview (6/4/79). The interview was transcribed as part of the International Liberators Conference. Lafoon served with the 45th Field Hospital. Spruill served with the…
Thomas J. Spruill interview
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Spruill served with the 191st [Tank] Battalion of the 45th Infantry Division and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Location of interview: Tucker, Georgia.