Civilians from nearby Weimar are forced by American soldiers to see the remains of prisoners in the crematorium ovens of Buchenwald during their tour of the concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 78805

Overview

Caption: Civilians from nearby Weimar are forced by American soldiers to see the remains of prisoners in the crematorium ovens of Buchenwald during their tour of the concentration camp.
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-203588 (Album 1715)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Arnold Bauer Barach

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

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Wittenstein

Source Record ID: Keystone stamp

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS CREMATORIA FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNAL CORPS) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) WOMEN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- Confrontation