Holocaust victims

Stalag Tekla Massacre victim

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A political prisoner ran into this barbed wire, was shot through the head, and his clothing burned from his body during his attempt to flee the S.S. Troops at Stalag Tekla near Leipzig, Germany. The camp prisoners were placed in a building that was then set on fire by S. S. troops. Anyone attempting to escape the building was shot. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Living quarters of a German Concentration Camp

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A dead inmate lies in the prisoners' living quarters. This one of a series of pictures taken at a German Concentration Camp in Wobbelin, Germany after its capture by troops of the 82nd Airborne Div., 9th US Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Bodies of Jewish slave laborers outside Neunberg

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Bodies of Jewish slave laborers in woods outside Neunberg, where they were marched from a Nazi Gestapo camp. Civilians of town were ordered to disinter and rebury victims in the city cemetery. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Bodies of dead inmates fill yard

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Rows of bodies of dead inmates fill yard of Lager Nordhausen, a Gestapo Concentration Camp near Nordhausen, Germany. The photograph, according to the cameraman, shows less than half of the bodies of the several hundred inmates who died of starvation or were shot by Gestapo men at the camp. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Bodies awaiting mass burial

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Bodies awaiting burial at the "Lager-Nordhausen" concentration camp in Nordhausen, Germany. German civilians were drafted to help in burying the dead. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Truck loaded with dead bodies from concentration camp

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Truck loaded with dead bodies; most cases were caused from starvation and typhus. This photo is one of a group of photographs taken in German prison camps at Belsen, Germany where the German Gestapo and S. S. Troops tortured and starved many thousands of political prisoners. From album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

German civilians viewing dead prisoners

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German civilians of Weimar witness a truckload of prisoners dead at Buchenwald concentration camp. The civilians were forced by the U.S. Third Army Military Police to witness evidence of atrocities at the camp. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Prisoners at Ludwigslust concentration camp

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Body of dead prisoner in the Nazi camp at Ludwigslust lies on the floor amidst other prisoners. 150 were reported to have died daily. From: album entitled "Nazi Atrocities."

United States Army Commanders View Charred Remains of Prisoners of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, and a party of high ranking U.S. Army officers including General Omar N. Bradley, C.G., 12th Army Group; Lt. General George S. Patton, C.G., 3rd U.S. Army; and Maj. General Manton Eddy, C.G., 12th Corps view the charred bodies of prisoners that were burned upon a section of railroad track during the evacuation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Body of a concentration camp prisoner

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The body of a concentration camp prisoner showing extreme emaciation. The prisoner had just died from starvation and was being hauled to the incinerator. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

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