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NEVER FORGET
VISIONS OF THE NAZI CAMPS

Nordhausen
   
           

Labor Camp Nordhausen

See photos of the former Nordhausen concentration camp during the time of liberation.

Photographs courtesy of the USHMM.
 
An American soldier speaks outside with five survivors in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

An American soldier speaks outside with five survivors in the Nordhausen concentration camp.
 

   View of the ruins of the central barracks (Boelke Kaserne) in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

View of the ruins of the central barracks (Boelke Kaserne) in the Nordhausen concentration camp.
     
German civilians from the town of Nordhausen carry the bodies of prisoners found in the Nordhausen concentration camp to mass graves for burial.

German civilians from the town of Nordhausen carry the bodies of prisoners found in the Nordhausen concentration camp to mass graves for burial.

   American soldiers walk along an open, mass grave for the of victims of the Nordhausen concentration camp found at its liberation. Nordhausen, Germany, April 13-14, 1945.

American soldiers walk along an open, mass grave for the of victims of the Nordhausen concentration camp found at its liberation. Nordhausen, Germany, April 13-14, 1945.
 
     
American soldiers force German civilians to bury corpses in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

American soldiers force German civilians to bury corpses in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

   View of the main street of the Nordhausen concentration camp, outside of the central barracks (Boelke Kaserne), where the bodies of prisoners have been laid out in long rows. Nordhausen, Germany, April 13-14, 1945.

View of the main street of the Nordhausen concentration camp, outside of the central barracks (Boelke Kaserne), where the bodies of prisoners have been laid out in long rows. Nordhausen, Germany, April 13-14, 1945.
 


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