German civilians dig graves for the bodies of 71 political prisoners, exhumed from a mass grave on Wenzelnberg near Solingen-Ohligs, in front of the city hall.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 08191

Overview

Caption: German civilians dig graves for the bodies of 71 political prisoners, exhumed from a mass grave on Wenzelnberg near Solingen-Ohligs, in front of the city hall.

The victims, most of whom were taken from Luettringhausen prison, were shot and buried by the Gestapo following orders to eliminate all Reich enemies just before the end of the war.
Photographer: Bob Grey
Date: 1945 April 30
Locale: Solingen-Ohligs, [Prussian Rhineland; North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 153-Case files 1944-49--box 314--file 12-648

Keyword: ATROCITIES (SOLINGEN) FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES SHOVELS TOOLS
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Other -- Solingen