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US Army Officer John Shaheen points to corpses in the barn at the Gardelegen Massacre.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 97673

US Army Officer John Shaheen points to corpses in the barn at the Gardelegen Massacre.

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Caption: US Army Officer John Shaheen points to corpses in the barn at the Gardelegen Massacre.
Date: 1945 April 14
Locale: Gardelegen, [Prussian Saxony; Saxony-Anhalt] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Paul Kulesa

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Paul Kulesa

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Keyword: ATROCITIES BARNS CORPSES SOLDIERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Gardelegen -- Barn/Victims/Liberators

Record last modified:: 2017-05-15 00:00:00
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