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German civilians from Lindlar attend funeral services for the 10 Russians exhumed from a mass grave near the town.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 88874
German civilians from Lindlar attend funeral services for the 10 Russians exhumed from a mass grave near the town. The victims were shot on April 4, 1945, by members of the Volkssturm (civilian militia) in retaliation for the killing of the local group leader (SS, SA?) in Overath.

German civilians from Lindlar attend funeral services for the 10 Russians exhumed from a mass grave near the town.

The victims were shot on April 4, 1945, by members of the Volkssturm (civilian militia) in retaliation for the killing of the local group leader (SS, SA?) in Overath.

Photographer
Jack Herrington
Date
1945 June 14
Locale
Lindlar, [Prussian Rhineland; North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany
Photo Designation
LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Other -- Lindlar
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

About This Photograph

Event History
In January 1945, as the end of the war approached and Germany's defeat became imminent, an attempt was made to eliminate all enemies of the Third Reich. On January 24 the RSHA sent a telegram to the leaders of the local police offices in Duesseldorf, Muenster, Dortmund, and Cologne ordering the killing of all Communists and slave laborers in their custody. As a result, a large number of political prisoners were killed in North Rhine-Westphalia during the last few weeks of the war.

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Photo Source
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain
Source Record ID: 338-Cases Not Tried--box 396--file 66-330
 
Record last modified: 2003-10-24 00:00:00
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