Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave labourers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by 69th Inf. Div. First U.S. Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape, were machine gunned by Nazi SS troops.

Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave labourers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by 69th Inf. Div. First U.S. Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape, were machine gunned by Nazi SS troops. Stock Photo
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World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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5259 x 3987 px | 44.5 x 33.8 cm | 17.5 x 13.3 inches | 300dpi

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1945

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Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave labourers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by 69th Inf. Div. First U.S. Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape, were machine gunned by Nazi SS troops.