
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 | |||||||
Photographer | John Morris | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | |||||||
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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6 Sep 2021 05:21:23 PM
The Women look so thin, near death! I feel very sorry for them.