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Gardelegen

Gardelegen is a town in northern Germany. Towards the end of the Holocaust (1933–1945), it was the site of a massacre of over 1,100 prisoners from concentration camps. The SS guards and local auxiliaries who perpetrated this atrocity forced the prisoners into a building and set it on fire. Explore more content about Gardelegen, the massacre, and the 102nd Infantry Division that discovered the atrocity.

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A man appears to crawl along the ground as three uniformed soldiers with light skin tones observe.
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A survivor of the Gardelegen atrocity
An American tank follows German civilians from Gardelegen who are marching to a barn just outside the town, where they will dig graves ... [LCID: 81374]
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Aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocity
Two uniformed men stand in a field next to a road looking down at a clothed corpse in a ditch. Buildings can be seen in the background.
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Body of a prisoner shot by the SS during a death march
US Army officers from the 91st Evacuation Hospital Unit investigate the aftermath of the Gardelegen Atrocity.
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Gardelegen
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Gardelegen - Photograph
An American soldier stands guard as mayors and citizens of local towns view the corpses of inmates of the Rottleberode subcamp, who ... [LCID: 76687]
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German mayors and citizens view the bodies of victims of a death march
American troops inspect a barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration ... [LCID: 77460]
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Massacre site on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen
A sign at the military cemetery in Gardelegen in memory of the prisoners who were killed by the SS in a barn near the town. [LCID: 16535]
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Memorial sign at the military cemetery in Gardelegen
An American soldier kneels by the corpse of a prisoner on the roadside near Gardelegen. [LCID: 16534]
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Prisoner shot near Gardelegen by the SS during a death march
American troops inspect the site of the Gardelegen atrocity. [LCID: 17077]
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Site of the Gardelegen atrocity
Barn on the outskirts of the town of Gardelegen that was the site of the massacre of over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners. [LCID: 24511]
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Site of the Gardelegen atrocity
American troops with the 102nd Infantry Division at a barn outside Gardelegen, where over 1,000 prisoners were burned alive by the ... [LCID: 17079]
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The 102nd Infantry Division
The charred corpse of a prisoner killed by the SS in a barn just outside of Gardelegen. [LCID: 75712a]
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The charred corpse of a prisoner killed near Gardelegen
Three German mayors view the corpse of a prisoner burned alive in a barn by the SS while on a death march from Rottleberode, a subcamp ... [LCID: 45438]
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Three German mayors view the body of a victim of a death march
American troops with the 102nd Infantry Division at a barn outside Gardelegen, where over 1,000 prisoners were burned alive by the ... [LCID: 17079]
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US troops at Gardelegen
American soldiers look at the exhumed bodies of prisoners who were burned alive in a barn outside Gardelegen. [LCID: 89068]
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Victims of the Gardelegen atrocity

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