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These are some of the bodies of prisoners starved and burned to death at Camp #4, Landsberg, Germany, one of the largest concentration camps in Germany

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Camp #4, Landsberg, Germany, 1945: These are some of the bodies of prisoners starved and burned to death…

Camp #4, Landsberg, Germany, 04/30/1945

SC 208386Field no. ETO-HQ-45-35896RG 111
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These are some of the bodies of prisoners starved and burned to death at Camp #4, Landsberg, Germany, one of the largest concentration camps in Germany. The inmates, all Jewish political prisoners, were employed in building and working in a tremendous system of underground airplane and munition factories. 101st Airborne Division, VI Corps, U. S. Seventh Army, 4/30/45

Date
04/30/1945
Place
Camp #4, Landsberg, Germany · approximate position
Photographer
Harvey L. Arnowitz
Units
101st Airborne Division
SC number
208386
Field number
ETO-HQ-45-35896
Album
101st Airborne Division
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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