Description
Near Hanover, Germany. 19 April 1945. SS Officers carrying dead bodies of inmates of Belsen concentration camp into a communal grave which already has hundreds of bodies in it. They are being watched by armed British soldiers in the background. The SS Officers were former guards at the camp and were instructed to bury the hundreds of bodies piled up in the camp prior to being returned to their units. Imperial War Museum photograph BU4061. (Donor R. Wells)
Details
Accession Number
P02941.027
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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