A uniformed soldier stands at the edge of a large burial pit. Groups of light-skinned women in dark clothing carry emaciated bodies by the hands and feet into the mass grave.
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A British soldier watches women SS guards

A British soldier watches women SS guards who were forced to carry victims' corpses to mass graves. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after April 15, 1945.


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