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Two malnourished Soviet prisoners of war, survivors of the Hemer prisoner of war camp in western Germany. [LCID: 37308]
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Two malnourished Soviet prisoners of war

Two malnourished Soviet prisoners of war, survivors of the Hemer prisoner of war camp in western Germany. More than three million Soviet prisoners of war died in German custody, mostly from malnutrition and exposure. Hemer, Germany, April 29, 1945.

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