A German woman covering her nose and mouth as she walked by the 800 exhumed bodies of forced laborers murdered by SS men, near Nammering, Germany, 17 May 1945

Caption   A German woman covering her nose and mouth as she walked by the 800 exhumed bodies of forced laborers murdered by SS men, near Nammering, Germany, 17 May 1945 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   111-SC-264895
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 27 Dec 2006

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
17 May 2014 03:10:25 PM

boy them germans back then was *** ing sick bastards
2. Anonymous says:
17 May 2014 07:39:07 PM

The killed people, over there. Who are they ? So the SS killed them before Jerman surrendered.

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WW2-Era Place Name Nammering, Bayreuth, Germany
Lat/Long 48.7042, 13.3106
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