Concentration camps

Bodies awaiting burial at the "Lager-Nordhausen" concentration camp in Nordhausen, Germany. German civilians were drafted to help in burying the dead. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Truck loaded with dead bodies; most cases were caused from starvation and typhus. This photo is one of a group of photographs taken in German prison camps at Belsen, Germany where the German Gestapo and S. S. Troops tortured and starved many thousands of political prisoners. From album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Barracks in which prisoners were housed in the Nazi concentration camp at Ohrdurf, Germany. From album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

German civilians of Weimar witness a truckload of prisoners dead at Buchenwald concentration camp. The civilians were forced by the U.S. Third Army Military Police to witness evidence of atrocities at the camp. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Body of dead prisoner in the Nazi camp at Ludwigslust lies on the floor amidst other prisoners. 150 were reported to have died daily. From: album entitled "Nazi Atrocities."

These Russian, Polish and Dutch slave laborers interned at the Buchenwald concentration camp averaged 160 pounds each prior to entering the camp. Their average weight after 11 months of imprisonment was 70 pounds. U.S. troops of the 80th Division liberated the camp. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Prisoners in the "hospital" cribs at Buchenwald concentration camp. This photo is one of a group of photographs taken shortly after the liberation of the infamous camp near Weimar, Germany. The photographs were taken by a rehabilitation officer of the U.S. Army Chief Surgeon's office when he arrived at the camp three days after Weimar was taken by the U.S. Third Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, watches while former occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazis operating the camp. General Eisenhower visited the camp during a tour of the Third Army Front. General Omar N. Bradley, 12th Army Group CG, and Lt. General George S. Patton, 3rd Army CG, are at Eisenhower's right. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Standing beside a gallows, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, listens while occupants of a former German concentration camp tell, through an interpreter, of atrocities committed by Nazis operating the camp. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Charred bodies of prisoners burned in the concentration camp at Gotha, Germany, are viewed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, and a party of high ranking U.S. Army officers. In the group are: General Omar N. Bradley, C.G., 12th Army Group; Lt. General George S. Patton, C.G., 3rd U.S. Army; and Maj. General Manton Eddy, C.G., 12th Corps. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."