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Nazi Persecution of Soviet Prisoners of War - Photograph

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Soviet POWs Soviet Union POWs forced labor

Column of Soviet prisoners of war

Column of Soviet prisoners of war from the Ukrainian front.

Column of Soviet prisoners of war from the eastern front. Kharkov, Soviet Union, June 18, 1942.

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Abysmal conditions for Soviet prisoners of war

View of a camp for Soviet prisoners of war, showing the holes dug into the ground that served as shelter.

View of a camp for Soviet prisoners of war, showing the holes dug into the ground that served as shelter. The camp was located south of Hamburg in northern Germany. Wietzendorf, Germany, 1941–42.

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Soviet prisoners of war

Soviet prisoners of war in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Soviet prisoners of war in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, January 1942.

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Soviet prisoners of war pause for rations during forced labor at the narrow-gauge railroad station.

Soviet prisoners of war pause for rations during forced labor at the narrow-gauge railroad station.

Soviet prisoners of war pause for rations during forced labor at the narrow-gauge railroad station. Mlawa, Poland, about 1943.

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An emaciated Soviet prisoner of war soon after liberation

Soon after liberation, a US soldier examines an emaciated forced laborer, a Soviet prisoner of war.

Soon after liberation, a US Army doctor examines an emaciated forced laborer, a Soviet prisoner of war. Dortmund, Germany, April 30, 1945.

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