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An American soldier views the bodies of prisoners piled on top of one another in the doorway of a barracks in Wöbbelin. [LCID: 09251b]
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Bodies of prisoners discovered in Wöbbelin

A US Army soldier views the bodies of prisoners piled on top of one another in the doorway of a barracks in Wöbbelin. Germany, May 4–5, 1945.

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Wöbbelin US Army liberation
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Fred Frater

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