Bergen-Belsen Photographs, 1945.

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Bergen-Belsen Photographs, 1945.

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The photographs which comprise this collection were taken at the camp presumably hours after the liberation. Colonel Curtis Mitchell was the Director of the Pictorial Branch of the U.S. Army under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Colonel Mitchell took a staff photographer into the camp with him and these photographs were the result. The photographs do not reflect the full horror of this concentration camp. Many are of the physical layout of the camp as the vistas, the buildings, and the interiors. Some of the photographs show the prisoners, who had survived, engaged in activities as cooking, eating, showering, and standing in groups. There are also graphic images of the mass graves with their piles of dead bodies. Printed information is included on the reverse side of each photograph.

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Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp during World War II in north Germany near the city of Celle and was located between the villages of Bergen and Belsen. The camp was liberated by the British on April 15, 1945. From the description of Bergen-Belsen Photographs, 1945. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 174206895 ...