Liberation of concentration camps

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Corpses of concentration camp victims, likely in Europe, circa 1945
Corpses of concentration camp victims inside a shed and sprinkled with lime. Unknown location, likely Europe.
Corpses of German personnel killed inside Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, 1945
Photograph. The corpses of two German men lying next to a pile of Buchenwald concentration camp victims; both have...
Corpses piled up outside a building in a concentration camp, likely in Europe, circa 1945
Corpses piled up outside a building in a concentration camp. Unknown location, likely in Europe.
Dead concentration camp prisoners, Dachau, 1945
Photograph. The corpses of Dachau concentration camp prisoners are piled, wrapped in sheets inside a bare room. Printed...
Dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of soldiers and civilians walking past the bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out...
Emaciated man sitting in a concentration camp barrack
Photograph. Naked, emaciated man sitting on a stool in a concentration camp barrack; several other liberated prisoners...
Emaciated prisoners at Dachau concentraction camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Seven naked, emaciated men standing behind barbed wire. Personal caption on reverse: "Acosta." Dachau...
Emaciated prisoners at Dachau concentraction camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Seven naked, emaciated men standing behind barbed wire. Dachau concentraction camp, Germany. April 1945
Four emaciated men sitting on stairs in Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Four skeletal men of varying ages sitting on a set of outdoor stairs. Official caption on front: "Waiting...
Front of building at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Front of building, probably entrance to Buchenwald concentration camp, the words "Fascist Fight" in German...
Gateway and gatehouse in Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, 1945
Photograph. American servicemen and liberated prisoners standing by the gateway and gatehouse in Buchenwald...
General Eisenhower and American soldiers view the bodies of murdered Jews at an unknown concentration camp, likely in Europe, circa 1945
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and American soldiers view the bodies of murdered Jews at an unknown concentration camp....
German civilian men move bodies of concentration camp victims, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims laid out on...
German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims laid out on the ground in...
German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims laid out on the ground in...
German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims laid out on...
German civilians burying hundreds of concentration camp victims, likely in Europe, circa 1945
German civilians burying hundreds of concentration camp victims. Unknown location, likely in Europe.
German civilians exhuming bodies from a mass grave near the Wöbbelin concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. German civilians exhuming bodies from a mass grave near the Wöbbelin concentration camp under supervision...
German civilians exhuming Wöbbelin concentration camp victim from mass grave, Germany, June 1945
Photograph. German civilians exhuming Wöbbelin concentration camp victim from mass grave; U.S. servicemen standing...
German concentration camp guard killed by prisoners in newly liberated concentration camp, ETO, 1945
Photograph. German concentration camp guard killed by prisoners in newly liberated camp. Probably Dachau, Germany. 1945
German soldiers standing at the graves of victims of German cruelty, Ludwigslust, Germany, 1945
Photograph. German soldiers standing, with their hats removed, at the burial of victims of German cruelty; American...
Half-starved prisoners awaiting transport from the Wöbbelin concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Half-starved prisoners awaiting transport from the Wöbbelin concentration camp. Official Caption: "Tortured...
Hamilton Neal posing next to anti-Nazi posters, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Neal posing next to anti-Nazi posters with images of skulls and broken swastikas, sign in German above...
Hamilton Neal posing with a concentration camp prisoner, Buchenwald Prison, May 1945
Photograph. Neal posing with a concentration camp prisoner, inside the Buchenwald camp. Personal caption on photo...
Hamilton Neal posing with a concentration camp prisoner, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Neal posing with a concentration camp prisoner, inside the Buchenwald camp. Personal caption on photo...
Hamilton Neal standing in front of a painting put up by Polish anti-Fascists, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Neal standing in front of painting put up by Polish anti-Fascists at Buchenwald concentration camp for a...
Hamilton Neal walking away from entrance to concentration camp, Buchenwald Prison, May 1945
Photograph. Neal walking away from entrance to Buchenwald concentration camp. Personal caption on photo reverse: "This...
Hundreds of bodies laid out on the ground, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...
Hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...
Hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...
Liberated Buchenwald orphans line up to depart for Switzerland, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Liberated Buchenwald orphans, leaving for Switzerland, standing in a line in Germany. Official Caption: "...
Liberated oncentration camp prisoners outside of the barracks, Dachau
Photograph. Concentration camp prisoners in liberated Dachau using scrap materials for cooking outside barracks....
Liberated Polish man showing his prison number arm tattoo, Austria, 1945
Photograph. Liberated Polish man showing the prison number tattooed on his arm by the Nazis. Official Caption: "Rome. 7...
Liberated prisoners in Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, 1945
Photograph. Seven liberated male prisoners posing next to a transportation truck. "21. Group of inmates. Kind of hard...
Liberated prisoners leaving the Wobbelin Camp concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Liberated prisoners, one hanging on the back of another, standing near the back of a truck. Official...
Liberated prisoners sunbathing in Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimer, 1945
Photograph. Liberated male prisoners sitting and lying on the ground next to a hospital ward. Personal caption on...

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