Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 1 of 3.

Caption     Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 1 of 3. ww2dbase
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Identification Code   BU3803
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Photos on Same Day 17 Apr 1945
Photos at Same Place Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Added By David Stubblebine

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1. Lyndhurst Primary School, Victoria, Australia says:
6 Sep 2021 05:21:23 PM

The Women look so thin, near death! I feel very sorry for them.

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