German civilians from Lindlar attend funeral services for the 10 Russians exhumed from a mass grave near the town.
Overview
- Caption
- 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
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1945 June 14
- Locale
- Lindlar, [Prussian Rhineland; North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
- 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.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008065.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public DomainSource Record ID: 338-Cases Not Tried--box 396--file 66-330
Keywords & Subjects
- Record last modified:
- 2003-10-24 00:00:00
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