Description
Near Hanover, Germany. 19 April 1945. Two SS Officers throwing the dead body of an inmate of Belsen concentration camp into a communal grave which already has hundreds of bodies in it. The SS Officers, formerly guards at the camp, were instructed to bury the hundreds of bodies piled up in the camp prior to being returned to their units. Imperial War Museum photograph BU4059. (Donor R. Wells)
Details
Accession Number
P02941.025
Photographer
Sergeant Harry Oakes
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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