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A German girl is overcome as she walks past the exhumed bodies

1945-05-08 · Weimar · Germany

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"A German girl is overcome as she walks past the exhumed bodies of some of the 800 slave workers murdered by SS guards near Namering, Germany, and laid here so that townspeople may view the work of their Nazi leaders." Cpl. Edward Belfer. May 17, 1945.

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