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

Photograph | Photograph Number: 42048
German civilians carry a corpse, using pieces of wood as a stretcher, from the Nordhausen concentration camp.

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

Date
Circa 1945 March 12
Locale
Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dora-Mittelbau Sub-camps -- Nordhausen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Daniel R. Willey

About This Photograph

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.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Daniel R. Willey
 
Record last modified: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
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