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A nude man with a shaved head and medium-light skin tone lies on a white sheet on what appears to be the ground. The photograph only shows from the waist up and only part of his right arm.
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Romani (Gypsy) victim of Nazi medical experiments

A Romani (Gypsy) victim of Nazi medical experiments to make seawater safe to drink. Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1944.

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