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A survivor of Buchenwald stands behind a wheelbarrow holding the corpse of a man who has just died following liberation.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 73034
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."

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."

Date
1945 April 16
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- Clearing Corpses
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lee T. Stinchfield
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About This Photograph

Biography
Colonel Frank E Stinchfield, MD served as a physician in the liberating forces medical team stationed at Buchenwald.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Lee T. Stinchfield
 
Record last modified: 2008-12-24 00:00:00
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