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German citizens made aware of the atrocities at a nearby prisoners of war camp for captured Soviets, Suttrop, Germany, May 1945

Caption     German citizens made aware of the atrocities at a nearby prisoners of war camp for captured Soviets, Suttrop, Germany, May 1945 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
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Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 991 x 704 pixels
Photos on Same Day 11 May 1945
Added By C. Peter Chen
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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Ashley says:
24 Jun 2014 07:42:52 AM

Can't agree with walking the children through, but the citizens deserved to see everything. Like another commenter said in another pic, the odor of decomposing and burning corpses travel for miles and miles. They knew.

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