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    Death Camp Photos

    Group of photos with explanations in French and English that were made available by Allied Occupation forces for distribution after the liberation of the camps.

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    mound of bodies

    Mound of bodies at Buchenwald, April, 1945.
    mound of bodies

    Mound of Bodies with American troops looking on. Buchenwald, April, 1945.
    kramer at bergen-belsen

    Arrest of Kramer, last Commandant of Auschwitz who loved operations to Bergen-Belsen at the end of 1944 when Auschwitz was evacuated. Kramer is shown under arrest by British military. He was tried as a war criminal and hanged.
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    british troops

    British troops supervising clean-up of Bergen Belsen, April, 1945.
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    ss women

    SS Women helping bury bodies at Bergen Belsen, April, 1945.
    eisenhower at ordruf

    General Eisenhower visiting camp at Ordruf.
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    camp de belsen memo
    german national under detention

    German national under detention at Bergen Belsen, April, 1945.
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    quadruple crematorium

    Quadruple muffle Topf Crematorium at Camp Buchenwald, after liberation." This becomes one of the icon-like images of destruction.