Concentration Camp Photographs: Nordhausen
** WARNING: Many of these photos contain graphic imagery and nudity **
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Two emaciated survivors sit outside a barracks in newly liberated Nordhausen -
An emaciated survivor lies inside a barrack in newly liberated Nordhausen. He died shortly thereafter. -
The bodies of prisoners lie on the ground inside a barracks in Nordhausen. -
An American soldier and medical officer view the dead and the living in barracks at Nordhausen. -
German civilians from the town of Nordhausen carry the bodies of prisoners found in the Nordhausen camp to mass graves for burial. -
German civilians from the town of Nordhausen dig mass graves for the victims of the Nordhausen concentration camp. -
An American soldier stands above the corpses of children buried in a mass grave dug by German civilians. -
American soldiers walk past corpses laid out in rows at newly liberated Nordhausen. -
An American soldier and medical officer view the bodies of prisoners in a barracks in Nordhausen. -
German civilians from the town of Nordhausen dig mass graves for the victims of the Nordhausen concentration camp. -
Bodies of victims at Nordhausen -
Cremation oven at Nordhausen -
Barrack in Nordhausen -
The Nazis stole all the material possessions of their victims. This money was taken from Jews at Nordhausen. -
Liberated Jews in Nordhausen -
Photo taken by American soldier LaVerne Graff after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier LaVerne Graff after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier LaVerne Graff after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier LaVerne Graff after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier LaVerne Graff after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier LaVerne Graff after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier Harry Hammer after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier Harry Hammer after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier Harry Hammer after liberating Nordhausen. -
Photo taken by American soldier Harry Hammer after liberating Nordhausen.
Sources: USHMM; Shoah - The Holocaust;
LaVerne Graff, 1st Lieutenant in the 104th Signal Company attached to the 104th Infantry Division. Photos courtesy of Stan Graff; Harry Hammer, courtesy of Dan Hammer
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