The charred corpses of prisoners lie amongst trash and rubble in the Kaufering IV concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 82762

Overview

Caption: The charred corpses of prisoners lie amongst trash and rubble in the Kaufering IV concentration camp.

Original caption reads, "The Landsberg Atrocity: the charred corpses of Jewish prisoners found lying in the ashes of their prison hut set afire by retreating Nazi prison guards at Landsberg. These prisoners were
apparently burned alive when they were locked in their wooden huts and told to stay there or be shot by the guards. Burned fragments of clothing cling to some of the emaciated bodies while others are naked."
Date: 1945 April 27 - 1945 April 28
Locale: Hurlach, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ruth Sherman

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ruth Sherman

Second Provenance: Stuart McKeever

Source Record ID: Collections: 1996.A.71
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-207729 (Album 3210)

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES DACHAU KAUFERING IV (HURLACH) LANDSBERG SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau Sub-camps -- Kaufering Lager IV (Hurlach) -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- General