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German girls place flowers on the coffins of seven Russian victims hung by their captors in Muehlheim.

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    German girls place flowers on the coffins of seven Russian victims hung by their captors in Muehlheim.
    German girls place flowers on the coffins of seven Russian victims hung by their captors in Muehlheim. 

The bodies were recovered by German civilians under the supervision of U.S. troops of the 194th Gilder Regiment, 17th Airborne Division.  The townspeople of Muehlheim were forced to attend funeral services for the victims.

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    German girls place flowers on the coffins of seven Russian victims hung by their captors in Muehlheim.

    The bodies were recovered by German civilians under the supervision of U.S. troops of the 194th Gilder Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. The townspeople of Muehlheim were forced to attend funeral services for the victims.
    Date
    1945 May 01
    Locale
    Muellheim, [Starkenburg; Hesse] Germany ?
    Variant Locale
    Muehlheim Am Main
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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    National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
    Copyright: Public Domain
    Source Record ID: 111-SC-266545 (Album 3215)

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