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Liberators view the corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: The still-smoking, charred corpses of prisoners lie in a pile at one of the doors to the barn. The remains of the gasoline-soaked straw are visible beneath them. A group of liberators stand outside the barn looking at the corpses.…
Stalag VII A - waiting (2)
Content Note: Prisoners waiting at camp in Moosburg for liberating armies to reach them. Several prisoners sit or lie on the ground next to a tall fence.
"Felsorara"
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Stalag Luft 3 - Red Cross parcels
Content Note: Stack of several Red Cross Parcels in wooden boxes addressed to prisoners.
Stalag VII A - digging air raid ditch
Content Note: Six prisoners pose in the air raid ditch they were digging to prepare in case there was a battle when the liberating forces arrived.
Stalag VII A - waiting (1)
Content Note: Prisoners waiting at camp in Moosburg for liberating armies to reach them. Three prisoners lie on the ground.
Stalag Luft 3 - burial of British officers
Content Note: Grave in which 50 British officers were buried after their failed attempt to escape. Minister stands over the grave with prisoners on either side of him.
Stalag Luft 3 - collapsed barrack
Content Note: Barrack that collapsed because much of the wood had been removed to help build the escape tunnel and a lot of dirt from the tunnel had been hidden in the ceiling.
Stalag Luft 3 - choir
Content Note: Prisoner choir singing Handel's Messiah. (Crawford is standing under the arrow.)
Stalag Luft 3 - South Compound senior officers
Content Note: Group portrait of the senior officers for the South Compound.