Title from caption on object: “German Civilians Tour Nazi Horror Mill”

April 16, 1945

Walter Chichersky, United States Army Signal Corps

Associated Names
Walter Chichersky

Artist, American, 1924 - 2008

United States Army Signal Corps

Artist

ACME Newspictures

Publisher

This is a photograph depicting a group of onlookers gathered around a trailer filled with numerous bodies. The background shows standing figures observing or presenting the scene to the others who are looking on in silence. The setting appears to be an outdoor area surrounded by buildings, with the overloaded trailer on rough ground. The composition captures a moment of gravity as the crowd confronts the reality presented before them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.9 × 21.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.1 × 22.9 cm (7 1/8 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.366

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied label: CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AXIS AND / RUSSIAN CAMPS; by unknown hand, upper center in red ink crossed out: Concentration Camps; upper right stamped in blue ink: MAY 6 1945; center Acme copyright stamp in red ink; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper: W 757902. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / GERMAN CIVILIANS TOUR NAZI HORROR MILL / WEIMAR, GERMANY -- VIEWING, AT FIRST HAND, EVIDENCE / OF NAZI ATROCITIES THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD, GERMAN / CIVILIANS TOUR THE HORROR CAMP AT WEIMAR. U.S. THIRD / ARMY MP'S FORCED THE GERMANS TO EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE / AT CAMP BUCHENWALD. A TRUCKLOAD OF DEAD PRISONERS / STANDS IN BACKGROUND. / FULL 4/25/45 (RK) / CREDIT LINE (SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO FROM ACME)

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