Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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."

Starved prisoners, nearly dead from hunger, pose in Nazi concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria. In the Austrian Alps the Nazis had one of their largest camps. Large numbers of inmates were starving to death and dying at the rate of 2000 per week. The camp was reputedly used for "scientific" experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division, 3rd U.S. Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

The body of a concentration camp prisoner showing extreme emaciation. The prisoner had just died from starvation and was being hauled to the incinerator. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Bodies of dead children found in concentration camp at Nordhausen lie in mass burial grave. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Two surviving prisoners walk among bodies of victims of mass burning of slave laborers at a Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by the 69th Div. of the U.S. First Army. The victims were herded into a building and a time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi S.S. troops. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave laborers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by the 69th Div. of the U.S. First Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi S.S. troops. From: album entitled: "Nazi War Atrocities." This album was presented to President Truman by the Army Pictorial Service.

A German photograph of evacuation of Jews, used as an exhibit in the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Donor: Robert Jackson.