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American soldiers force German civilians to participate in the burial of prisoners who died in the Woebbelin concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 51765

American soldiers force German civilians to participate in the burial of prisoners who died in the Woebbelin concentration camp.

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Caption: American soldiers force German civilians to participate in the burial of prisoners who died in the Woebbelin concentration camp.
Date: May 1945
Locale: Ludwigslust, [Mecklenburg] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Laszlo Berkowits

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Laszlo Berkowits

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Keyword: BURIAL CEMETERIES CORPSES FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES WOEBBELIN
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Woebbelin/Ludwigslust/Schwerin

Record last modified:: 2011-03-09 00:00:00
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