Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp - A mass grave
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp - A mass grave dug after the camp has been turned over to the Allied 21st Army Group. 55, 000 inmates - many suffering from typhus and dysentery - were found in the camp. Thousands died after liberation. The remaining SS personnel and guards were forced by armed Allied troops to bury the bodies in a pit, the size of a tennis court. Germany. Date: April 16, 1945
Picture No
12000278
Media ID
45123831
Size
2896px x 4725px
(11.1MB)
Credit
© The Bilderwelt Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
***STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY***
Source
Photograph from the Bilderwelt Collection
Date
1945
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