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Bodies of Victims of a Mass Burning

Two surviving prisoners walk among bodies of victims of mass burning of slave laborers at a Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by the 69th Div. of the U.S. First Army. The victims were herded into a building and a time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi S.S. troops. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Site of mass burning of slave laborers

Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave laborers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by the 69th Div. of the U.S. First Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi S.S. troops. From: album entitled: "Nazi War Atrocities." This album was presented to President Truman by the Army Pictorial Service.

President Harry S. Truman Rides Through Berlin, Germany

From left to right (back seat): President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Admiral William Leahy ride in a car past the ruins of the Reichschancellery in Berlin, Germany, where Hitler often spoke from the gallery. They are driving through Berlin, surveying the damage from Allied bombing. Unidentified Secret Service men and others surround the automobile. Standing talking to President Truman is probably Harry Vaughan. Others in the background are unidentified.