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The photograph captures what the American soldiers found inside the abandoned boxcars. Human remains where found in the boxcars and one of the soldiers wrote "Off limits" on the boxcars in order to keep out any curious soldiers. Bulling...
Victims are seen here lying atop one another. This photograph illustrates the liberators' conception of the victims as "cordwood", as they lay interchangeably amongst each other.
Shoes taken from victims prior to entering the gas chambers. The shoes and other personal effects of prisoners were collected and reused by German civilians.
Civilians and prisoners alike were tasked with removing the remains of the deceased from each camp. Such as this individual here lifting the remains into a wagon.
The boxcars in which the deceased were kept. Clothes and other items are seen outside the boxcars. Bulling captioned the photograph "The boxcars they found the dead bodies in."
Large pile of various types of clothing found outside the gas chambers. The Nazis would gather the clothing of the prisoners before they were gassed and reuse it. Duggan captioned the photograph "Clothes taken from the dead."
Captures the doors of the gas chambers at Dachau concentration camp. The doors have the words "Caution! Gas! Risk of death!" written on the side in German.
Pepper is sitting with Mrs. C.B. Mickelwait, of the American Red Cross, and her husband Col. Mickelwait, deputy judge advocate. They were attending a session of court where 40 Germans were on trial for crimes against camp inmates.
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