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American soldiers view the bodies of emaciated Buchenwald prisoners stacked up next to the crematoria.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 51659

American soldiers view the bodies of emaciated Buchenwald prisoners stacked up next to the crematoria.

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Caption: American soldiers view the bodies of emaciated Buchenwald prisoners stacked up next to the crematoria.
Date: Circa 1945 April 11
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Joseph Bishop

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Keyword: BUCHENWALD CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES CREMATORIA SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) WREATHS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- General

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