Overview
- Caption
- 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
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1945 April 16
- Locale
- Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lee T. Stinchfield
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Lee T. Stinchfield
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Colonel Frank E Stinchfield, MD served as a physician in the liberating forces medical team stationed at Buchenwald.
- Record last modified:
- 2008-12-24 00:00:00
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