Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high, in a barracks in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 78713

Overview

Caption: Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high, in a barracks in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

The original caption reads, "This photo shows the conditions and the amount of sleeping space for the prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp. They range from young kids to old men, all donig the same amount of work each day." [sic]

According to the Signal Corps caption, the photo was taken on April 23, 1945.
Photographer: Donald R. Ornitz
Date: 1945 April 11 - 1945 April 23
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mary Dickinson

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Mary Dickinson

Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.116.1

Keyword: BARRACKS BUCHENWALD BUNKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS INTERIORS SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- Inside Barracks