The prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp near Ettersberg and Weimar Germany several days after its liberation by U.S. Army forces in World War 2. Group of prisoners around fire cook and eat food. Prisoners cook food in a kettle. They sit in a group around fire. The elderly prisoners seated. An eldery Polish prisoner cries and prays. A barbed wire fence enclosed around the prison camp. The prisoners stand inside the fence.
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.
Evidence of atrocities at Nazi concentration camp. Examples of tattooed skin of dead prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany, near Ettersberg and Weimar, several days after the liberation of the camp by American Army forces. Close view of a tattoo on human skin. A finger points to areas on a tattoo. A piece of human tattooed skin. The tattoo shows a flying dragon and a soldier killing it. A finger points out an area of the tatoo with soldier and dragon. A sketch or tattoo of a woman. (World War II period).
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.
The Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Ettersberg, Germany. Footage from 5 days after the camp's liberation by U.S. Army forces in World War 2. Elevated view of crowd around a band playing in the prison courtyard. A captive German SS (Schutzstaffel) soldier with a battered face. Another German Nazi SS soldier prisoner held by the Allies. Mrs Walter Warnstedt, wife of the camp hangman. A Ukrainian SS man.
The Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Ettersberg, Germany in World War 2, soon after its liberation in World War II. Hungarian prisoner Max Diamond. A Bavarian political prisoner. Liberated French prisoners stand in front of the prison. A German political prisoner. Prisoners wear black cap with red, white and black band. Red triangle mark on shirts indicates political prisoners. Prisoner with red triangle badge and number 43175. Wired pillar in front of prison.
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