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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 - 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 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 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 Luft 3 - Red Cross parcels
Content Note: Stack of several Red Cross Parcels in wooden boxes addressed to prisoners.
"Felsorara"
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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.
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.…
Townspeople burying the victims of the Gardelegen Massacre
Content Note: The charred corpses of prisoners lie in rows in an open field. Townspeople dig graves for them. Numbered 13 on the reverse.
A Liberator views the charred corpses of prisoners who died while trying to escape from the burning barn [Gardelegen Incident]
Content Note: Label on the reverse side of the photograph reads "500 burned alive". Two of the charred corpses lie outside the barn door. The liberator stands next to the door frame looking at those two corpses. Other corpses lie inside the…