Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

On orders of the XII corps Military Government officials, German citizens of the town of Neunburg, Germany, dug up the bodies of the murdered Polish and Russian Jews from where the S. S. troopers buried them and gave them a decent burial in the town cemetery. Here citizens carry one of the dead. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

The battered head of a Jewish slave laborer killed by Nazi guards in S. S. camp with other inmates at Neunburg. Bodies were disinterred and reburied in Neunburg city cemetery by town's citizens. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Neunburg, Germany: Citizens of Neunburg and surrounding towns bear 120 victims of S. S. trooper killings to burial ground after bodies were picked up in woods where they fell to Nazi bullets. Chaplains of U. S. Third Army held short services for Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish victims. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Battered bodies of Jewish slave laborers from the S. S. camp at Neunburg, Germany. They were taken to a woodland site and murdered by guards. Civilians of the town were ordered by American troops to bury victims in the city cemetery. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Neunberg, Germany. Civilians carry empty boxes up a hill to get bodies of 120 victims killed by S. S. troops in a wooded area. Townspeople were forced to carry them to the cemetery for proper burial. They spent two days building the boxes. Chaplains of 3rd U. S. Army held short services for Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish victims. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

Former German police of Ludwigslust, Germany, under order of 82nd Airborne Division, dig graves in the town square for German atrocity victims found in nearby concentration camp. From: album entitles "Nazi War Atrocities."

Women and men of Neunburg bear bodies of 120 S. S. shooting victims to burial in the city cemetery after removal of bodies from woodland shooting site outside town. Chaplains of U. S. Third Army conducted services for victims. From: album entitled \"Nazi War Atrocities.\"""

Underground room at former Nazi prison camp at Belsen, Germany. The room is filled with clay urns in which remains of cremated victims were sometimes placed. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."