Holocaust: Photograph of an Exhibit of Human Remains and Artifacts Retrieved by the American Army From a Pathology Laboratory

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Photograph from the National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.

An exhibit of human remains and artifacts retrieved by the American Army from a pathology laboratory run by the SS in Buchenwald. These items were used as evidence of SS atrocities in the Buchenwald war crimes trial held at Dachau, Germany. The two shrunken heads are from Polish prisoners who were recaptured after escaping from the camp and executed. (April 16, 1945)