A collection of nine black and white photographs and one videotape relating to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, established in Nazi Germany in 1937 and liberated by the Allies on April 11, 1945. The photographs were taken or collected in April and May of 1945 by Charles C. Cross, a corporal in the 807th Medical Air Evacuation. The first photograph (April 1945) depicts a boy standing between two freed inmates. The second photograph (April 1945) shows a gallows with a pile of human ashes in the background. The third photograph (ca. May 1945) documents a monument erected to commemorate the victims of Nazi violence. In the fourth photograph (April 1945), an SS general is being returned to the scene of the crimes. The fifth photograph (April 1945) documents living conditions at Buchenwald, including sewage drainage. In the sixth photograph (April 1945), medical workers are picking up the bodies of inmates who have died. The seventh photograph (April 1945) depicts the entrance to the ovens. In the eighth photograph (April 1945), dead prisoners are stacked like cordwood awaiting cremation. The ninth photograph (April 1945) shows "healthier" inmates at Buchenwald. The videotape consists of an interview with Charles Cross in Albany, N.Y. regarding his wartime experience, specifically at Buchenwald.
