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Content Note: A group of people sit in a field outside of Ordruf. A few people stand together toward the righthand sit of those seated. In the background barracks are visible. Numbered 55 on the reverse.

Content Note: Title from caption on reverse. Townspeople dig a row of individual graves with shovels. In the background, a row of white stakes that may mark other graves are visible. Numbered 43 on the reverse.

Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Ayers served as a first lieutenant in a medical unit and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald. Place of interview: Atlanta, Georgia.

Content Note: Liberators listen while a survivor explains how prisoners were beaten. A dummy dressed in a prisoner's uniform is used in the demonstration. Caption below the photograph reads "Buchenwald." Numbered 111 on the reverse.

Content Note: The corpses are stacked three deep. Most are naked and emaciated. Numbered 108 On the reverse.

Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Represents 8,000 bodies. Mr. Ayers is the soldier wit the camera." Liberators wearing Red Cross insignia stand together near a pile of human remains behind a scaffold. One…

Content Note: The corpses of the male prisoners lie head-to-head on the ground. One has his arms spread to the sides, and his rib cage stands out sharply. Boot prints and hoof prints are visible in the mud. Numbered 19 on the reverse.

Content Note: Male civilians move emaciated, clothed corpses of prisoners from what appears to be a pile of corpses. Armed liberators oversee their work. Female civilians stand behind the corpses, watching. Barracks are visible behind some trees…

Content Note: Image shows one side of a deep pit filled with naked, emaciated corpses of prisoners. One corpse lying on the wall of the pit is clothed. Numbered 17 on the reverse.

Content Note: Male and female civilians remove emaciated corpses of prisoners from trucks. Liberators supervise their work. Numbered 15 on the reverse.