American soldiers prepare prisoner' corpses for burial. Because most of the corpses could only be identified by the number tatooed on their chests, the grave markers were given these numbers.
Photograph | Photograph Number: 08226
- Date
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1945 April 04 - 1945 April 15
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Monte S. Cohon
American soldiers prepare prisoner' corpses for burial. Because most of the corpses could only be identified by the number tatooed on their chests, the grave markers were given these numbers.
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