Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Civilians of Ludwigslust, Germany, and nearby communities, were forced to exhume bodies of concentration camp victims from mass grave and prepare them for reburial. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Prisoners of war found by American 3rd Armored Div., 1st Army, when it captured the German slave labor camp at Nordhausen. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Schwarzenfeld, Germany. German civilians exhuming bodies of Polish Jews shot by S. S. troops during a forced march away from advancing American forces. They were shot just days before the 26th Infantry Division, 3rd U S Army took the town. The American officers ordered the civilians to exhume and individually bury the victims. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Interior of women's barracks in Nazi camp at Belsen, Germany. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Large pile of bodies at Buchenwald concentration camp. The Nazis ran out of coal and were unable to cremate bodies before the camp was taken by General Patton's Third Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Wobbelin, Germany, concentration camp inmates after the camp's capture by troops of the 82nd Airborne Division, 9th United States Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

This victim that was dug-up from a mass grave near the Wobbelin concentration camp. Civilians of the nearby town of Ludwigslust were ordered by 82nd Airborne Division Troops to exhume the bodies of Nazi atrocity victims and rebury them in the town square. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

In a large barn just at the edge of Gardenlegen, Germany, political prisoners were burned to death by S. S. troops in an attempt to remove "evidence" in the face of the advancing Allied forces. The 9th U S Army troops captured the Gardenlegen area before the Germans had time to bury all the dead. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Physical evidence of malnutrition in one of the prisoners murdered by fleeing Nazis before the Ohrdurf concentration camp was captured by Third Army troops. From: album entitled: "Nazi War Atrocities."

Mass victims taken from Gardelegen camp by German civilians for burial nearby under supervision of 102nd Division of Ninth United States Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."