War atrocities tour
- Title
- War atrocities tour
- Creator
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/47095
- Description
- On reverse: "ETO HQ 45 25673 12 APRIL CREDIT… U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTOG… LT MOORE 390B THESE EMACIATED, NUDE CORPSES, STACKED LIKE CORD-WOOD IN A BIN AT THE GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP AT GOTHA, GERMANY, TELL THEIR OWN STORY OF THE SADISM AND BRUTALITY OF THE NAZI GAOLERS. THEY ARE STREWN WITH QUICKLIME IN A HAPHAZARD ATTEMPT TO DESTROY EVIDENCE OF THE CRIMES. GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, VIEWED THE GOTHA HORRORS DURING A TOUR OF THE THIRD ARMY FRONT. (15) GOTHA, GERMANY. CERTIFYING AS BEING PASSED BY OFFICE CHIEF PRESS CENSOR HEADQUARTERS ETOUSA ARMY PICTORIAL SERVICE."
- Date
- 1945-04-12
- Decade
- 1940s
- Subjects
- Prisoners of war
- Carter, Amon G., Jr.
- World War II
- Source
- Box 148, POW War Atrocities Tour 1945, 1 of 3, Item 034
- Type
- Image
- Formats
- 10x8 Photo
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph