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A war crimes investigator and Russian former prisoners view a mass grave.

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    A war crimes investigator and Russian former prisoners view a mass grave.
    A war crimes investigator and Russian former prisoners view a mass grave. The original Signal Corps caption reads, "Lt. Melvin Barkas, war crimes investigator with XV Corps, and 2 Russian prisoners look into the mass grave near Waldlager 11. The grave is believed to be about 50' deep and is reputed to contain 9,000 bodies."

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    A war crimes investigator and Russian former prisoners view a mass grave.

    The original Signal Corps caption reads, "Lt. Melvin Barkas, war crimes investigator with XV Corps, and 2 Russian prisoners look into the mass grave near Waldlager 11. The grave is believed to be about 50' deep and is reputed to contain 9,000 bodies."
    Photographer
    Sidney Blau
    Date
    1945
    Locale
    Ampfing, [Bavaria] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bernadette O'Connell

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    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Bernadette O'Connell
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2015.455.1

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    2016-04-12 00:00:00
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