![An American soldier stands guard as mayors and citizens of local towns view the corpses of inmates of the Rottleberode subcamp, who ... [LCID: 76687]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/019bb44c-7cbe-4010-8855-22b94ab2cb48.jpg "An American soldier stands guard as mayors and citizens of local towns view the corpses of inmates of the Rottleberode subcamp, who ... [LCID: 76687]")
A US soldier stands guard as mayors and citizens of local towns view the corpses of inmates of the Rottleberode subcamp of Dora-Mittelbau, who were killed when the SS locked them in a barn and set it on fire. Gardelegen, Germany, April 18, 1945.
Item View![Burned bodies of former prisoners of Rottleberode, a subcamp of Dora-Mittelbau, lie near the entrance to a barn that had been set ... [LCID: 66162]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a6a3e1ae-0dec-468b-8e3f-c5f2e2371311.jpg "Burned bodies of former prisoners of Rottleberode, a subcamp of Dora-Mittelbau, lie near the entrance to a barn that had been set ... [LCID: 66162]")
Burned bodies of former prisoners of Rottleberode, a subcamp of Dora-Mittelbau, lie near the entrance to a barn that had been set on fire by SS troops while the prisoners were on a death march. Gardelegen, Germany, April 18, 1945.
Item View![American soldiers look at the exhumed bodies of prisoners who were burned alive in a barn outside Gardelegen. [LCID: 89068]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/013777c9-f062-40ef-876f-ebafa0d025de.jpg "American soldiers look at the exhumed bodies of prisoners who were burned alive in a barn outside Gardelegen. [LCID: 89068]")
American soldiers look at the exhumed bodies of prisoners who were burned alive in a barn outside Gardelegen. Germany, April 14-18, 1945.
Item View![An American medic and soldier stand by the corpse of a prisoner shot on the road near Gardelegen. [LCID: 28196]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d2c26841-e506-4e6a-82d2-f6432120b46d.jpg "An American medic and soldier stand by the corpse of a prisoner shot on the road near Gardelegen. [LCID: 28196]")
An American medic and soldier stand by the corpse of a prisoner shot on the road near Gardelegen. The prisoner was shot by the SS when he was too exhausted to continue on a death march. Germany, April 14-18, 1945.
Item View![An American soldier kneels by the corpse of a prisoner on the roadside near Gardelegen. [LCID: 16534]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a8f57956-4b80-40e2-8965-84395697fb14.jpg "An American soldier kneels by the corpse of a prisoner on the roadside near Gardelegen. [LCID: 16534]")
An American soldier kneels by the corpse of a prisoner on the roadside near Gardelegen. The prisoner was shot by the SS when he was too exhausted to continue on a death march. Germany, April 14-18, 1945.
Item View![An American tank follows German civilians from Gardelegen who are marching to a barn just outside the town, where they will dig graves ... [LCID: 81374]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/202576d9-6cda-49cd-a4ec-94b2258cd953.jpg "An American tank follows German civilians from Gardelegen who are marching to a barn just outside the town, where they will dig graves ... [LCID: 81374]")
An American tank follows German civilians from Gardelegen who are marching to a barn just outside the town, where they will dig graves for over 1,000 prisoners killed by the SS inside the barn. April 18, 1945.
Item View![Bonde Gaza, a Hungarian musician who survived the Gardelegen atrocity, demonstrates to American soldiers how he managed to escape ... [LCID: 81373]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/1a9802da-c45d-4f77-b2ba-911fdd8274e2.jpg "Bonde Gaza, a Hungarian musician who survived the Gardelegen atrocity, demonstrates to American soldiers how he managed to escape ... [LCID: 81373]")
Bonde Gaza, a Hungarian musician who survived the Gardelegen atrocity, demonstrates to American soldiers how he managed to escape from the barn which the SS had set on fire. Germany, April 14–18, 1945.
Item View![Barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners. [LCID: 24511]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a3e2fa72-ebaa-4131-b5a2-bf2ae4bb8140.jpg "Barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners. [LCID: 24511]")
Barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners. Germany, April 16, 1945.
Item View![American troops inspect the site of the Gardelegen atrocity. [LCID: 17077]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/b3ef0d6d-721f-4737-be3c-9cf0d5205172.jpg "American troops inspect the site of the Gardelegen atrocity. [LCID: 17077]")
American troops inspect the site of the Gardelegen atrocity. In the background, German civilians exhume corpses who were buried in a mass grave by the SS. Germany, April 18, 1945.
Item View![American troops with the 102nd Infantry Division at a barn outside Gardelegen, where over 1,000 prisoners were burned alive by the ... [LCID: 17079]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/dcf77284-a6b6-45b1-88b6-0c8ef86a2b35.jpg "American troops with the 102nd Infantry Division at a barn outside Gardelegen, where over 1,000 prisoners were burned alive by the ... [LCID: 17079]")
US troops with the 102nd Infantry Division at a barn outside Gardelegen, where over 1,000 prisoners were burned alive by the SS. Germany, April 14, 1945.
Item View![American troops inspect a barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration ... [LCID: 77460]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/17bfbee1-fed3-4e92-a64e-b4bbe39b2968.jpg "American troops inspect a barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration ... [LCID: 77460]")
US troops inspect a barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners. Germany, April 14-18, 1945.
Item View![A sign at the military cemetery in Gardelegen in memory of the prisoners who were killed by the SS in a barn near the town. [LCID: 16535]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/53d85976-f887-403c-97f2-dcda1fb4b1b2.jpg "A sign at the military cemetery in Gardelegen in memory of the prisoners who were killed by the SS in a barn near the town. [LCID: 16535]")
A sign at the military cemetery in Gardelegen in memory of the prisoners who were killed by the SS in a barn near the town. Germany, April 18, 1945.
Item View![Three German mayors view the corpse of a prisoner burned alive in a barn by the SS while on a death march from Rottleberode, a subcamp ... [LCID: 45438]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/57d6d5d7-0c7d-4096-b4d7-65b391032bf1.jpg "Three German mayors view the corpse of a prisoner burned alive in a barn by the SS while on a death march from Rottleberode, a subcamp ... [LCID: 45438]")
Three German mayors view the corpse of a prisoner burned alive in a barn by the SS while on a death march from Rottleberode, a subcamp of Dora-Mittelbau. Gardelegen, Germany, April 18, 1945.
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