Buchenwald: Photographs
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- Photos taken by Sgt. Earl F. Swenson, a soldier in Patton's army that liberated Buchenwald in April 1945. He had a Kodak Brownie camera with him and captured some of the images of the camp.
- Photos taken by Sgt. Earl F. Swenson, from Patton's army that liberated Buchenwald in April 1945.
- Photos taken by Sgt. Earl F. Swenson, from Patton's army that liberated Buchenwald in April 1945.
- Photos taken by Sgt. Earl F. Swenson, from Patton's army that liberated Buchenwald in April 1945.
- Aerial photograph of Buchenwald showing destruction by American bombers
- American soldiers entering the Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation.
- Mound of bodies found at Buchenwald. U.S. soldiers look on.
- Mound of bodies found at Buchenwald.
- Dr. Waldemar Hoven, former chief doctor at Buchenwald, testifies in his own defense at the Doctors Trial.
- The prisoners' orchestra in Buchenwald concentration camp.
- Members of a U.S. Congressional committee investigating Nazi atrocities walk through a prisoner barracks in Buchenwald.
- A survivor holds up his shirt to display his emaciated condition in the newly liberated camp.
- Photograph from Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, Gen Patton 3rd Army. An early liberator of Buchenwald, he took pictures with his personal camera.
- Prisoners of the "little camp" in Buchenwald stare out from the wooden bunks. Elie Wiesel is in the second row of bunks, seventh from the left.
- Ilse Koch takes the stand for her final statement at the trial of 31 former camp personnel and prisoners from Buchenwald.
- Ilse Koch, wife of the former commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp, on trial at Dachau. She was known as the “Bitch of Buchenwald.”
- Entrance to Buchenwald. Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Showing GIs torture techniques.Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Close up of oven with partially burned corpse. Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Oven with partially burned corpse. Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Bodies the Germans couldn't dispose of. Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Corpses left on the street. Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
- New prisoners at Buchenwald undress before being washed and shaved.
- Newly-arrived prisoners line up for registration at Buchenwald
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Photo taken by Sgt John Poulos, MP in the 512th MP Battalion, General Patton’s 3rd Army. He was an early liberator of Buchenwald.
- Postcard sent by from Buchenwald by inmate # 3120, Gustav Kalouch, to his parents in Prague
- Registration for newly-arrived prisoners at Buchenwald.
- A Russian survivor of Buchenwald, liberated by the 3rd Armored Division of the U.S. First Army, identifies a former camp guard who brutally beat prisoners.Z
- Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high in a barracks in Buchenwald.
- Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high in a barracks in Buchenwald.
- Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high in a barracks in Buchenwald.
- Survivors in Barracks
- Survivors in Barracks
- Survivors in the latrine
- Survivors in the hospital
- Quadruple muffle Topf Crematorium at Buchenwald after liberation. This becomes one of the icon-like images of destruction.
- Washing and shaving newly arrived prisoners at Buchenwald.
- Buchenwald Memorial
- Showing GIs torture techniques.Photo taken by Francis D. Killin, 37th Cavalry Recon. V-Corps, Gen. Courtney Hodges.
Sources:
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies: Educational Resources, Sergeant John Poulos' grandson, Drew Poulos, The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies