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German soldiers guard Soviet prisoners of war marching to camps. [LCID: 91085]
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German soldiers guard Soviet prisoners of war

German soldiers guard Soviet prisoners of war marching to camps. Soviet Union, 1941.

Second only to the Jews, Soviet prisoners of war were the largest group of victims of Nazi racial policy.

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Soviet POWs racism German military
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