Prisonniers politiques des nazis qui ont rencontré leurs morts aux mains des troupes SS qui ont mis le feu à la grange. Ce groupe a tenté de s'échapper et ont été tués. Des 1100 prisonniers, seulement 12 ont réussi à s'échapper. Gardelegen, Allemagne ; le Vendredi, Avril 13, 1945 en préparation de leur cession imminente pour les troupes américaines, les troupes SS allemand, sous les ordres d'un fonctionnaire nazi local, massacré plus de 1 000 religieuses, politiques, militaires et les prisonniers de guerre dans une tentative de cacher leur existence. Les prisonniers ont été amenés dans un grand hangar masonery, dans lequel l'essence paille imbibés avait été placé sur le sol. À l'aide de 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.