A long deep trench is dug into the ground up the center of the photograph. Several dozen corpses can be seen lying naked in the trench. The trench closest to the camera has started to be filled in.
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Mass grave at Mauthausen

A mass grave at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Photograph taken after the liberation of the camp. Mauthausen, Austria, May 10–15, 1945.


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