Skip to main content

The corpses of prisoners laid out for mass burial in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 11127

The corpses of prisoners laid out for mass burial in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: The corpses of prisoners laid out for mass burial in the Nordhausen concentration camp.
Date: 1945 April 11 - 1945 April 15
Locale: Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Harold Royall

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Harold Royall

Source Record ID: 111-SC-203457
Published Source: KZ: Bildbericht aus funf Konzentrationslagern - #36

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES DORA-MITTELBAU NORDHAUSEN SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dora-Mittelbau Sub-camps -- Nordhausen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2004-08-11 00:00:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1056794

Download & Licensing

In-Person Research

Available for Research
Plan a Research Visit

Contact Us

Learn About the Holocaust

These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.

Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories.
Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center

Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.

Further Your Research