I prigionieri politici dei nazisti che si sono incontrati con i loro morti per mano delle truppe SS che impostare il fienile ardente. Questo gruppo ha cercato di scappare e sono stati girati. Del 1100 prigionieri, solo 12 sono riusciti a fuggire. Gardelegen, Germania; il Venerdì, Aprile 13, 1945 in preparazione del loro imminente arrendersi alle truppe degli Stati Uniti; SS tedesche truppe, sotto gli ordini di un locale ufficiale nazista, macellati oltre 1.000 religiosi, politici e militari di prigionieri di guerra in un tentativo di nascondere la loro esistenza. I prigionieri sono stati guidati in un grande capannone masonery, in cui la benzina imbevuto paglia era stato collocato sul pavimento. Utilizzando phosp

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Political prisoners of the Nazis who met their deaths at the hands of SS troops who set the barn afire. This group tried to escape and were shot. Of the 1100 prisoners, only 12 managed to escape. Gardelegen, Germany; On Friday, April 13, 1945 in preparation of their imminent surrender to U.S. troops; German SS troops, under the orders of a local Nazi official, slaughtered over 1, 000 religious, political, and military prisoners of war in an attempt to hide their existence. The prisoners were led into a large masonery shed, in which gasoline soaked straw had been placed on the floor. Using phosphorus grenades the straw was set ablaze. Prisoners who tried to escape the burning barn were shot, the rest died in the fire. The German troops attempted to hide the bodies in a mass grave, but had managed to bury only 700 bodies before the area was taken over by U.S. forces. What the U.S. troops found was horrific. Over 300 bodies were discovered in the barn. One of the U.S. soldiers, Corporal Charles Overstreet was the photographer and radioman for the Headquarters Radio Unit of the 252nd Field Artillery Battalion during World War II and used his camera to record the evil deed. He was also there to hear the tale told by one of the handful of survivors. This man fell down while trying to escape and was covered by the bodies of his fellow prisoners as they were gunned down. He stayed where he was and played dead, even when the Germans returned and asked if anyone needed help. Those survivors that moved or responded were shot. He was still under the pile of corpses when U.S. soldiers arrived. http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/fpl/id/319 General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1119 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.