Liberation of concentration camps

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Bassett, Billy Wounded and War's End
Billy P. Bassett and his unit [Annotator's Note: 11th Armored Division] headed into combat during the Battle of the...
A corpse lies on the floor of the Wöbbelin concentration camp sleeping quarters, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. The body of a dead prisoner on the floor of sleeping quarters at the Wöbbelin concentration camp. Official...
A man stokes a fire in a crematorium oven, Dachau, 1945
Photograph. Civilian man displaying human remains in Dachau crematorium oven. Printed caption on photo front: "Human...
A murdered child and infant at an unknown concentration camp, likely in Europe, circa 1945
An American soldier looks at the bodies of a murdered child and infant at an unknown concentration camp. Likely Europe.
A pile of bones and ashes at an unknown concentration camp at an unknown location in Europe circa 1945
A pile of bones and ashes at an unknown concentration camp. Unknown location in Europe.
A starving prisoner is carried by comrades at the Wöbbelin concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Fellow prisoners carrying a starving prisoner, who previously escaped, into liberated Wöbbelin...
A victim of the Gardelegen massacre in Gardelegen, Germany on 15 April 1945
A victim of the Gardelegen massacre. Gardelegen, Germany. 15 April 1945
American generals at the liberation of a concentration camp in Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany on 12 April 1945
Generals George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Omar N. Bradley view the horrors of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp....
American generals at the liberation of a concentration camp in Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany on 12 April 1945
Generals George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Omar N. Bradley view the horrors of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp....
American servicemen examining Buchenwald concentration camp barracks, Weimar, 1945
Photograph. An American Army medic and other American servicemen exaiming the bunks in a barrack. Personal caption on...
An emaciated concentration camp victim, likely in Europe circa 1945
An emaciated concentration camp victim. Unknown location, likely Europe.
An inmate of the Wöbbelin concentration camp crying, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Two concentration camp prisoners, one kneeling and one lying on the ground and crying. Official Caption: "...
Blurry image of bodies of dead adults and children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany in May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground...
Bodies of dead adults and children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...
Bodies of dead children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration...
Bodies of dead children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration...
Bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground inside...
Citizens of Ludwigslust inspecting the Wöbbelin concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Citizens of Ludwigslust viewing a dead prisoner at Wöbbelin concentration camp. Official Caption: "Citizens...
Civilian German men carrying the bodies of dead Jews on litters at a concentration camp, at an unknown location in Europe, likely in Germany circa 1945
American soldiers supervise civilian German men carrying the bodies dead Jews on litters at a concentration camp, at an...
Civilian German men carrying the bodies of dead Jews on litters at a concentration camp, at an unknown location in Europe, likely in Germany circa 1945
American soldiers supervise civilian German men carrying the bodies dead Jews on litters at a concentration camp, at an...
Concentration camp victims, likely in Europe, circa 1945
Concentration camp victims with a severely emaciated man (or corpse) in a wheelbarrow. Unknown location, likely in...
Concentration camp victims, likely in Europe, circa 1945
Emaciated and deceased men in an unknown concentration camp. Likely Europe.
Corpse awaiting burial, Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Emaciated, partially-clothed corpse lying on a stretcher. Dachau concentration camp, Germany. May 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Naked corpse lying on the ground. Head of a body near corpse's outstretched arm. Barbed wire fence in the...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse caught in a barbed wire fence. Presumably a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying under a busted mattress. Two civilian women in the background. Presumably a concentration camp...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Swollen corpses lying on the ground. Civilians and soldiers walking in the background near a fence....
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Man with unbuttoned shirt lies under a mattress. Eyes open but might be dead. Presumably a victim in a...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Blackened corpse lies under a barbed wire fence. Presumably a victim in a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Blackened naked corpse lies on the ground. Presumably a victim in a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying facedown on the ground. Open metal container nearby. Fenced compound in the background....
Corpse on the ground, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying face down in the mud. Presumably a prisoner in a camp. Europe. 1945
Corpses from a concentration camp in Germany in April 1945
Corpses from a concentration camp. "ETO-45-25673. Lt. Moore. 12 April. Signal corps photo. Emaciated, nude corpses...
Corpses in a concentration camp, likely in Europe, circa 1945
Corpses in a concentration camp. Unknown location, likely in Europe.
Corpses in a concentration camp, likely in Europe, circa 1945
Corpses in a concentration camp. Unknown location, likely in Europe.
Corpses in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Pile of blackened bodies. Barbed wire fence in the background. Presumably a concentration camp. Europe. 1945

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