Object ID
2012.1.77a-k
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Files
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Description
Black and white photographs:
a: of naked bodies lying on the ground with other clothed bodies
b: two bodies on the ground with the forearm of a third body in the foregound
c:men in a barracks bunks with one man standing
d:decomposed body lying in thorns or barbed wire
e: two men standing over decomposed corpses with buildlings in the background
f: pile of many bodies
g: men under a blanket
h: pile of about ten bodies
i: crematorium ovens
j: large pile of bodies with a roof in the background
k: tan envelope with "10 GENUINE PHOTOGRAPHS, NAZI ATROCITIES" at top left
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
A set of 10 Army Signal Corps photographs with original envelope reproducing images taken at time of liberation of Buchenwald.
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 3 1/2"
Keywords
Death, Death camp, Liberation, Crematorium, Buchenwald, Nazi, Atrocities
Subcollection
Concentration
Recommended Citation
"Army Signal Corps Photos of Nazi Atrocities" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.77a-k.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/741