An exhibit of human remains and artifacts retrieved by the American Army from a pathology laboratory run by the SS in Buchenwald.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 74066

Overview

Caption: An exhibit of human remains and artifacts retrieved by the American Army from a pathology laboratory run by the SS in Buchenwald.

These items were used as evidence of SS atrocities in the Buchenwald war crimes trial held at Dachau, Germany. The two shrunken heads are from Polish prisoners who were recaptured after escaping from the camp and executed.
Date: 1945 April 16
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-203584 (Album 5565)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Arnold Bauer Barach

Source Record ID: EA 62979

Second Record ID: Collections: 1989.27
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ilona Shechter

Second Provenance: Defense Audiovisual Agency

Keyword: ARTIFACTS BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS EVIDENCE EXHIBITIONS/DISPLAYS HUMAN REMAINS PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNAL CORPS) POLES SHRUNKEN HEADS SURVIVORS TATTOOS WAR CRIMINALS/TRIALS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Artifacts/Prisoners' Property