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A wagon is piled high with the bodies of former inmates at the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #06670]

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A wagon is piled high with the bodies of former prisoners in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #74604]

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A wagon is piled high with the bodies of former prisoners in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #74783]

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An American soldier stands near a wagon piled high with corpses outside the crematorium in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60623]

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German civilians view a wagon piled high with corpses in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60642]

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View of a wagon piled high with corpses outside the crematoria in the Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60633]

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Survivors push a wagon piled high with loaves of bread in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #62272]

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German civilians under U.S. military escort are forced to view a wagon piled with corpses in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #74603]

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Life magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White prepares to take a photograph of a wagon piled with corpses in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60632]

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An American soldier, Captain Al Winters, poses next to a wagon loaded with the bodies of former prisoners at the newly liberated Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #20088]

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The bodies of former prisoners are piled outside the crematorium at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #85124]

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The bodies of former prisoners are piled in the crematorium mortuary in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #06112]

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An American colonel poses next to a wagon loaded with the bodies of former prisoners at the newly liberated Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #19416]

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An American soldier stands guard while German civilians file past piles of corpses outside the crematorium at the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60635]

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The bodies of former prisoners are stacked outside the crematorium in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #74608]

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The body of a former prisoner lies outside on a stretcher next to a pile of clothing in the newly liberated Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #19419]

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American soldiers stand outside a shed in the Ohrdruf concentration camp in which corpses of former inmates have been piled. [Photograph #15570]

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German civilians, who have been forced to tour the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp, view a flatbed truck piled with corpses. [Photograph #09811]

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The body of a former inmate lies in an open railcar in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #62227]

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An American soldier photographs a pile of corpses in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #07500]

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Austrian civilians prepare mass graves to bury the bodies of former concentration camp inmates at Mauthausen. [Photograph #08897]

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Survivors look on as the bodies of former prisoners are removed from a barracks in the newly liberated Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #19417]

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A pile of corpses stacked outside the crematorium in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60626]

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Piles of naked bodies lie on the ground in the newly liberated Gusen concentration camp. [Photograph #07465]

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Austrian civilians prepare mass graves to bury the bodies of former concentration camp inmates at Mauthausen. [Photograph #08895]

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Two German women file past piles of corpses outside the crematorium in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60637]

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General Dwight Eisenhower and other high ranking U.S. Army officers view the bodies of prisoners who were killed during the evacuation of Ohrdruf, while on a tour of the newly liberated concentration camp. [Photograph #04649]

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Using stretchers and carts, survivors of the Ebensee concentration camp remove the bodies of former inmates to the crematorium for burning. [Photograph #89051]

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A pile of corpses waits to buried at Buchenwald after the liberation. [Photograph #73036]

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Austrian civilians prepare a mass grave to bury the bodies of former inmates at the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #95975]

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American soldiers view a pile of corpses found behind the crematorium in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #07511]

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Survivors stand next to a cart loaded with corpses outside the crematoria in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60638]

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A former prisoner poses next to the gallows in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #21332]

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American soldiers view a wagon full of corpses at the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #11043]

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A pile of naked bodies stacked in a shed in the Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #64158]

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View of a cart piled high with corpses that await reburial in the Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #19440]

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The charred remains of former prisoners in two crematoria ovens in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #80253]

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Austrian civilians prepare mass graves to bury the bodies of former concentration camp inmates at Gusen. [Photograph #08898]

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Two American soldier look at the piles of bodies stacked up behind the crematorium in Buchenwald. [Photograph #04510]

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General Dwight Eisenhower and other high ranking U.S. Army officers view the bodies of prisoners who were killed during the evacuation of Ohrdruf, while on a tour of the newly liberated concentration camp. [Photograph #04650]

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Survivors look on as Austrian civilians remove the bodies of former prisoners from a barracks in the newly liberated Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #19418]

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Austrian civilians prepare a mass grave for the bodies of former inmates at the Gusen concentration camp. [Photograph #68087]

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Survivors pull a cart loaded with dead bodies along a road in the newly liberated Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #62753]

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Nuns from a nearby convent view the bodies of former inmates in an open mass grave that has been prepared by Austrian civilians at the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15549]

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The bodies of prisoners are piled in a brick structure in the newly liberated Woebbelin concentration camp. [Photograph #09251A]

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The bodies of former inmates are laid out in a mass grave at the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #11457]

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A group of liberating U.S. Army soldiers speak with prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #48904]

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The bodies of former concentration camp inmates are laid out in a mass grave at Mauthausen. [Photograph #07467]

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Survivors converse behind a cart loaded with the bodies of former prisoners at the Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #10221]

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Austrian civilians prepare a mass grave to bury the bodies of former inmates in the Gusen concentration camp. [Photograph #50540]

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Austrian civilians dig a mass grave in the former SS soccer field in the Mauthausen concentration camp to bury the bodies of former inmates. [Photograph #38059]

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The bodies of former inmates are laid out in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #28292]

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Former prisoners assemble outside for a ceremony with red and white flags in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #62231]

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Austrian civilians dig a mass grave in the former SS soccer field in the Mauthausen concentration camp to bury the bodies of former inmates. [Photograph #38061]

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An American soldier views the bodies of prisoners that are piled in a brick structure in the newly liberated Woebbelin concentration camp. [Photograph #09251B]

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The bodies of former inmates are laid out in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15675]

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The bodies of former inmates are laid out in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15674]

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American soldiers look on as Austrian civilians bury the bodies of former inmates in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15659]

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Survivors in the Ebensee concentration camp stand next to a cart stacked with the bodies of former prisoners. [Photograph #09837]

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Survivors in the Ebensee concentration camp stand next to a cart stacked with the bodies of former prisoners. [Photograph #09836]

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The bodies of former prisoners lie on the ground in the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. [Photograph #23032]

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The emaciated body of a former inmate of the Gusen concentration camp lies outside a barracks among clothing, blankets and an empty bowl. [Photograph #37480]

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Newly liberated inmates crowd into a barracks in Buchenwald. [Photograph #09763]

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Austrian civilians carry the body of a former inmate to a mass grave in the Gusen concentration camp. [Photograph #15545]

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The bodies of former prisoners lie on the floor of a barracks in the newly liberated Woebbelin concentration camp. [Photograph #79041]

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Austrian civilians lay the bodies of former inmates in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15547]

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Austrian civilians lay the bodies of former inmates in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15546]

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The bodies of former prisoners lie on the floor of a barracks in the newly liberated Woebbelin concentration camp. [Photograph #37324]

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German civilians remove the bodies of former prisoners at the Ebensee concentration camp. [Photograph #48972]

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A wagon loaded with corpses intended for burial. [Photograph #11472]

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Survivors in the Ebensee concentration camp stand next to a cart stacked with the bodies of former prisoners. [Photograph #09838]

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Survivors stack corpses outside the crematorium in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp while German civilians look on. [Photograph #60634]

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A survivor views a pile of bodies stacked in a shed in the Ohrduf concentration camp. [Photograph #74960]

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American soldiers look on as Austrian civilians bury the bodies of former inmates in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15635]

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Survivors lie in bed in an infirmary at the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #13149]

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American soldiers view the bodies of prisoners that lie strewn along the road in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #76501]

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High-ranking U.S. Army officers inspect the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #64084]

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Liberated prisoners sitting on the hillside watch as Austrian civilians lay the bodies of former inmates in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #38058]

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The bodies of former concentration camp inmates are laid out in a row in preparation for burial. [Photograph #08900]

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Corpses piled up behind the crematorium in Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #04452]

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Pile of deceased prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp, found near the crematorium. [Photograph #49660]

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American soldiers view the bodies of prisoners that lie strewn on the ground in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #76891]

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Two survivors sit on a pile of rocks in the abandoned Buchenwald quarry following liberation. [Photograph #50692]

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American soldiers view the bodies of prisoners that lie strewn on the ground in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #78715]

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An American soldier supervisors two German civilians who have been forced to prepare corpses for burial at the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #60734]

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Survivors carry the body of a former prisoner on a stretcher in the newly liberated Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #01990]

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An Austrian-Jewish survivor talks with high-ranking U.S. Army officers in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #64083]

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An American soldier looks on as an Austrian civilian buries the bodies of former inmates in a mass grave in the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15634]

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Corpses piled up behind the crematorium in Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #04508]

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While on an inspection tour of the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, General Dwight Eisenhower and a party of high ranking U.S. Army officers, including Generals Omar Bradley, George Patton, and Manton Eddy, view the charred remains of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the camp. [Photograph #21700]

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Austrian civilians prepare a mass grave to bury former inmates at the Mauthausen concentration camp. [Photograph #15548]

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American soldiers view the bodies of prisoners that lie strewn on the ground in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #77443]

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American soldiers view the bodies of prisoners that lie strewn on the ground in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #76505]

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The bodies of former prisoners are strewn on the ground in a wooded area in the newly liberated Gunskirchen concentration camp. [Photograph #77164]

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Close-up portrait of a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [Photograph #62786]

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High-ranking U.S. Army officers examine a mass grave in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #64082]

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A pile of corpses in the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. [Photograph #85117]

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The bodies of former prisoners are laid out in rows in preparation for burial in the Ohrdruf concentration camp. [Photograph #60630]

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View of a pile of ashes of human remains outside the crematory of Buchenwald. [Photograph #70175]

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Corpses are piled on a wagon in the Gusen concentration camp. [Photograph #60749]