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A pile of corpses waits to buried at Buchenwald after the liberation.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 73036
A pile of corpses waits to buried at Buchenwald after the liberation. The original caption reads, "The last body on the top of this heap was thrown on just before the taking of this picture. Three bodies were brought to this yard while pictures were being taken."

A pile of corpses waits to buried at Buchenwald after the liberation.

The original caption reads, "The last body on the top of this heap was thrown on just before the taking of this picture. Three bodies were brought to this yard while pictures were being taken."

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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