American troops, including African-American soldiers from the Headquarters and Service Company of the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th Corps, U.S. 3rd Army, view corpses stacked behind the crematorium during an inspection tour of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [Oversized print]
Overview
- Caption
- American troops, including African-American soldiers from the Headquarters and Service Company of the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th Corps, U.S. 3rd Army, view corpses stacked behind the crematorium during an inspection tour of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [Oversized print]
Among those pictured is Leon Bass (the soldier third from left) and Glenn S. McCrory (first, on the left). - Photographer
- William Alexander Scott III
- Date
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1945 April 17
- Locale
- Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of William Alexander Scott III
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: William Alexander Scott III - Published Source
- The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust... - Berenbaum, Michael - Little, Brown and Company - p. 188
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- 2012-11-27 00:00:00
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