Political prisoners

In a large barn on the edge of Gardelegen, Germany, at least 150 Russian, French, Polish, and Jewish political prisoners of Nazi Germany were burned to death by S. S. Troops. The atrocity was exposed when the 9th U S Army captured the Gardelegen area before the Germans had time to remove the evidence. Pictured here are a few victims who made a last struggle for life. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Burned and half-burned bodies of political prisoners of the Nazis lie heaped about the entrance to a barn at Gardelegen, Germany, where they met their death at the hands of S. S. troops, who set the barn afire. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Bodies of German political prisoners who were shot by Nazis and thrown into a common grave. Bodies were reburied at Ohligs in a public place as a permanent reminder to the German people of the atrocities. The burial was supervised by the Graves Registration section of the 94th Division. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."