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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
Locale
Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
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

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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Rights and Restrictions

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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