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German civilians remove corpses from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial in mass graves.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 83928

German civilians remove corpses from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial in mass graves.

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Caption: German civilians remove corpses from the Nordhausen concentration camp for burial in mass graves.
Date: 1945 April 13 - 1945 April 14
Locale: Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Mendelsohn

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Joseph Mendelsohn

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Keyword: BARRACKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES CORPSES (REMOVAL OF) DORA-MITTELBAU FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS NORDHAUSEN STRETCHERS SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dora-Mittelbau Sub-camps -- Nordhausen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2000-11-17 00:00:00
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