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German civilians carry a corpse, using pieces of wood as a stretcher, from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial.

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    German civilians carry a corpse, using pieces of wood as a stretcher, from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial.
    German civilians carry a corpse, using pieces of wood as a stretcher, from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial.

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    German civilians carry a corpse, using pieces of wood as a stretcher, from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial.
    Date
    Circa 1945 March 12
    Locale
    Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Daniel R. Willey

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Daniel R. Willey

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    Biography
    Ralph E. Willey (grandfather of donor Dan Willey) served as lieutenant colonel in charge of communications for an army unit that advanced across France and Germany. Willey helped liberate the Nordhausen concentration camp.
    Record last modified:
    2008-10-31 00:00:00
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