Photo 45671

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caption: In two such brick sheds in the Flossenberg Concentration Camp in Germany, the bodies of atrocity victims were stored prior to being cremated. This camp was supervised by 800 S.S. troops and was opened in 1939. According to records found in the camp, 54,890 men and over 10,000 women were held prisoner here. In the 14 months preceding the 20th April, 1945, 14,000 inmates died from exhaustion, undernourshment, mistreatment and various diseases. The prisoners worked in quarries and nearby Messerschmidt Factory. On 20th April, 1945, 15,000, including children and elderly people were marched away. Those that could not keep up the march were killed along the wayside. About 2,000 were left in the camp when the U.S. troops arrived. Among those reported to have been in the camp were Kurt Von Schuschnig, former Chancellor of Austria, Leopold, King of Belgium, Prince Albrecht of Austria and Hjalmar Schact, Reich Minister of Finances.