Some of the liberated prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp near Weimar and Ettersberg Germany, several days after the camp was freed by American forces in World War 2. Barbed wire enclosure around prison camp. Former prisoners stand inside it. Various concentration camp buildings that appear to be bunk houses or barracks for prisoners in the background.
Scenes at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Ettersberg, Germany, 4 days after its liberation by U.S. Army forces in World War 2. Prisoners demonstrate atrocities committed by Nazi German captors: Three prisoners stand. A bench placed nearby. One man climbs on a stool and demonstrates the tying of a double looped rope around a victim's neck, designed to strangle the prisoner. The man demonstrating the victim then falls to the ground. Another liberated prisoner then demonstrates the use of a wooden club to hit the head of the fallen victim. A damaged club. Elevated view of Buchenwald Concentration Camp buildings as seen from a tower or high gate. View of some of the mounted searchlights at the camp.
Exterior of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Ettersberg, Germany, soon after its liberation by American forces in World War 2. The American flag lowered to half-mast in memorial of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. German people enter the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. German civilians walk in lines at the liberated Concentration camp, entering to view atrocities committed by Nazi German forces.
The Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Ettersberg, Germany, near Weimar. Lamp shade made from human skin. German civilians gathered around table containing the lamp and tall jars containing laterally cut human organs from atrocity victims. American soldiers standing by show Nazi objects on table to German civilian people. Huge crowd gathered at the camp courtyard area. Many people on the roof watching. Reactions of civilians seen as they view evidence of Nazi atrocities committed. (World War II period).
Dead bodies of prisoners from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, operated by Nazi Germany in Ettersberg near Weimar Germany. World War 2 U.S. Army Cameraman slate indicates footage is from Buchenwald and was filmed on April 14, 1945, soon after the camp's liberation on April 11 by American forces. Dead bodies of prisoners lie on ground. Emaciated and tortured bodies of atrocity victims seen piled up in a truck. Dead man with a beard. Different bodies piled up in a truck. Faces of the dead bodies.
Dead body of a prisoner victim at Buchenwald Concentration Camp near Ettersberg and Weimar Germany, soon after the camp's liberation from Nazi German forces. Body of a man on a stretcher. Picture of Christ pinned on his clothes. Blood visible from his nose and head. (World War II period).