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Burned body at Gardenlegen, Germany

72-3266
Accession Number
72-3266
4.5x6.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348448271
Keywords
Concentration camps
Holocaust victims
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Germany - Cities and Towns - Gardenlegen
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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
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."
Date(s)
April 1945