Polish prisoners reenact how Nazi guards shot prisoners into an open trench.
- Date
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1945 May 05
- Locale
- Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Clarence E. Alberg
Polish prisoners reenact how Nazi guards shot prisoners into an open trench.
The original caption reads: "The Polish laborer kneeling showing the position prisoners took while a guard went along behind and shot them in the head. The duck-board covered trench could hold about 50 men at a time."
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Record last modified: 2012-04-04 00:00:00
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