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An American soldier stands above the corpses of children that are to be buried in a mass grave dug by German civilians from the nearby town of Nordhausen.

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    An American soldier stands above the corpses of children that are to be buried in a mass grave dug by German civilians from the nearby town of Nordhausen.
    An American soldier stands above the corpses of children that are to be buried in a mass grave dug by German civilians from the nearby town of Nordhausen. Original caption reads: "Bodies of dead children found in concentration camp at Nordhausen lie in mass burial grave." Original caption from donated photograph reads: "The bodies of a little baby and a young child rest in a mass grave awaiting burial at the horror camp at Nordhausen, Germany. When U.S. troops arrived in the area, they found hundreds of dead former slave workers strewn about the grounds. Decomposing corpses lay beside the sick and dying and disease was spreading unchecked among the maltreated prisoners of many nationalities. U.S. Army officers immediately ordered German civilians in the area to provide decent burial for the victims."

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    An American soldier stands above the corpses of children that are to be buried in a mass grave dug by German civilians from the nearby town of Nordhausen.

    Original caption reads: "Bodies of dead children found in concentration camp at Nordhausen lie in mass burial grave."

    Original caption from donated photograph reads: "The bodies of a little baby and a young child rest in a mass grave awaiting burial at the horror camp at Nordhausen, Germany. When U.S. troops arrived in the area, they found hundreds of dead former slave workers strewn about the grounds. Decomposing corpses lay beside the sick and dying and disease was spreading unchecked among the maltreated prisoners of many nationalities. U.S. Army officers immediately ordered German civilians in the area to provide decent burial for the victims."
    Photographer
    D.P. Eliot
    Date
    1945 April 14
    Locale
    Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Harold Royall

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    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Harold Royall
    Source Record ID: 111-SC-203555 (Album 3208)
    National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
    Copyright: Public Domain
    Source Record ID: 111-SC-203555 (Album 3208)
    Published Source
    The Stars and Stripes - 4/26/45

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    2013-02-19 00:00:00
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