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View of a mass grave pictured after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 44591
View of a mass grave pictured after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. The original caption states, "Graves that had been dug up to bury the prisoners as they died. They died so fast and there were so many that it was hard to keep up with them."

View of a mass grave pictured after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.

The original caption states, "Graves that had been dug up to bury the prisoners as they died. They died so fast and there were so many that it was hard to keep up with them."

Date
1945
Locale
Bergen-Belsen, [Prussian Hanover; Lower Saxony] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Bergen-Belsen -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- Burial/Mass Graves
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gerard LaBossiere

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Gerard LaBossiere
 
Record last modified: 2009-07-13 00:00:00
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