A survivor of Buchenwald stands behind a wheelbarrow holding the corpse of a man who has just died following liberation.
- Date
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1945 April 16
- Locale
- Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- Clearing Corpses
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lee T. Stinchfield
A survivor of Buchenwald stands behind a wheelbarrow holding the corpse of a man who has just died following liberation.
The original caption reads, "The body of a typical prisoner at the camp showing the extreme emaciations. This patient had just died from starvation and was being hauled to the incinerator."
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