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Bodies of German political prisoners

72-3280
Accession Number
72-3280
6.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348448299
Keywords
Concentration camps
Political prisoners
World War, 1939-1945
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
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."
Date(s)
April 1945