Germans Dig Graves

April 23, 1945Photograph

A soldier of the 1st Army watches as local German civilians are forced to dig graves for the nearly 2,500 victims discovered at the Dora-Mittelbau camp. As local Germans were assumed to have known that atrocities were taking place, U.S. servicemembers also made them walk through the camp in order to view the horrors. 

German citizens forced to dig graves for victims discovered at the Dora-Mittelbau camp.