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Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Corpses of prisoners lie in a row in a deep trench. Numbered 18 on the reverse.

Content Note: The banners hang from the top of the wall. It reads "The Spanish Anti-Fascists Salute the Liberating Forces" and was hung after the Second Armored Division of the Third Army liberated the camp. The main doors to the camp are closed. …

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Cartledge served with the 89th Chemical Mortar Battalion as a 1st lieutenant and witnessed the liberation of Wobbelin and the Gardelegen massacre. Location of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

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.

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.

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…

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Carlquist served with the 1st Army and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald. Place of interview: Atlanta, Georgia..

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Campbell served with the 180th Engineers and witnessed the liberation of a camp near Fallersleben, Germany near a Volkswagen plant. Location of interview: Atlanta, Georgia. The case file folder also…

Content Note: The charred corpses of prisoners lie in rows in an open field. Townspeople dig graves for them. Numbered 13 on the reverse.