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Massacre at Gardelegen: American Gaurds and Citizens Viewing Corpses

(April 18, 1945)

An American soldier stands guard as mayors and citizens of local towns view the corpses of inmates of the Rottleberode subcamp, who were killed when the SS locked them in a barn and set it on fire. Gardelegen, Germany.
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Source: National Archives and Records Administration