The bodies of burned prisoners lie in the rubble of the barracks at Landsberg.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 49656

Overview

Caption: The bodies of burned prisoners lie in the rubble of the barracks at Landsberg.

Original caption reads, "Pile of bodies which will be carried by German civilians from the town of Landsberg, Germany, and buried in graves also dug by German civilians in Stalag #4 Concentration Camp at Landsberg. These are the bodies of political prisoners, starved and burned to death by S.S. troops at the prison."
Photographer: Smith
Date: 1945 April 29
Locale: Landsberg, [Bavaria] Germany
Variant Locale: Landsberg Am Lech
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stuart McKeever

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Stuart McKeever

Source Record ID: Collections: 1996.A.71

Keyword: ATROCITIES BARRACKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES FENCES FIRES LANDSBERG LIBERATION DAY PRISONERS RUINS/RUBBLE SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau Sub-camps -- Kaufering (Lager I, Landsberg)