The decomposed corpse of a prisoner that has been prerpared for burial by local German civilians. Each corpse was buried in a sheet and assigned a numbered marker.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 05565

Overview

Caption: The decomposed corpse of a prisoner that has been prerpared for burial by local German civilians. Each corpse was buried in a sheet and assigned a numbered marker.

The original caption reads, "Bodies prepared for burial by the civilians of Ohrdruf Germany. Some have probably been dead for several weeks. Ohrdruf concentration camp, Germany." [sic]
Photographer: Addison Moll
Date: 1945 April 10
Locale: Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Michael Woskowitz

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Michael Woskowitz

Source Record ID: U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph

Second Record ID: Collections: Exh. Loan: Woskowitz, Michael

Keyword: BUCHENWALD BURIAL CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES OHRDRUF SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Ohrdruf -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation