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Bodies of Nazi victims

Battered bodies of Jewish slave laborers from the S. S. camp at Neunburg, Germany. They were taken to a woodland site and murdered by guards. Civilians of the town were ordered by American troops to bury victims in the city cemetery. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Civilians carrying coffins

Neunberg, Germany. Civilians carry empty boxes up a hill to get bodies of 120 victims killed by S. S. troops in a wooded area. Townspeople were forced to carry them to the cemetery for proper burial. They spent two days building the boxes. Chaplains of 3rd U. S. Army held short services for Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish victims. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."