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A long deep trench is dug into the ground up the center of the photograph. Several dozen corpses can be seen lying naked in the trench. The trench closest to the camera has started to be filled in.
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Mauthausen

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A severely emaciated child with light skin tone stands in the middle of a courtyard. The child looks hauntingly at the camera while wearing a pair of shorts that have been tied at the waist, a pair of oversized socks and boots. In the background, a group of people gather in front of barracks.
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13-year-old survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp
Large pile of emaciated victims in the middle of a clearing surrounded by buildings. Several uniformed figures stand around the pile, including one uniformed man who stands on top of a wooden trailer and appears to be taking a photograph.
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A pile of corpses in the Mauthausen concentration camp
A witness testifies during the Mauthausen concentration camp trail. [LCID: 12290]
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A witness at the Mauthausen trial
Adolphe Arnold [LCID: 5056]
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Adolphe Arnold
A large cheering crowd makes way for a column of soldiers and military equipment, including a tank. They are moving through a large stone gate with two lookouts on either side. There is a large banner hung across the top of the gate.
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American soldiers pass through the main gate of the Mauthausen camp
An American soldier and liberated prisoners of the Mauthausen concentration camp. [LCID: 74456]
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A soldier greets liberated prisoners
Barracks in the Mauthausen camp. Austria, May 1945, after liberation. [LCID: 74454]
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Mauthausen barracks
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfe0609m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes evidence collected at the Mauthausen camp
Benjamin Soep [LCID: 1854]
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Benjamin Soep
Medical corpsmen of the US 71st Infantry Division, 3rd US Army look on as captured German soldiers remove bodies from inside a barracks ... [LCID: 45036]
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Captured German soldiers remove bodies from a barracks in Gunskirchen
Colonel Richard R. Seibel [LCID: rsa0168m]
Oral History
Colonel Richard R. Seibel describes aid given to survivors after liberation in Mauthausen and their plans for emigration
Colonel Richard R. Seibel [LCID: rsf0169m]
Oral History
Colonel Richard R. Seibel describes food distribution after liberation of the Mauthausen camp
Colonel Richard R. Seibel [LCID: rsl0167m]
Oral History
Colonel Richard R. Seibel describes US Army procedures for burial of the dead after liberation of Mauthausen
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Concentration Camps, 1939–42 - Photograph
Corpses found by US soldiers after the liberation of the Gunskirchen camp, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp. [LCID: 0727]
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Corpses found by US soldiers after the liberation of Gunskirchen
Corpses found when UStroops liberated the Gusen camp, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp. [LCID: 74790a]
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Corpses found when US troops liberated Gusen

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