Photo 45674

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caption: Coffins and crosses are unloaded from a wagon in Flossenberg Concentration Camp, Germany, for burial of German atrocity victims found in the camp. This camp was supervised by 800 Nazi 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 period preceding 20 April, 1945, 14,000 inmates died from exhaustion, undernourishment, mistreatment and various diseases. The prisoners worked in stone quarries and a nearby Messerschmidt Airplane Factory. On 20 April, 1945, 15,000 inmates, including children and elderly people were marched away. Those that could not keep up with the march were killed. About 2,000 were left in the camp when U.S. troops arrived. Among those reported to have been in the camp are Kurt Von Schuschnig, former Chancellor of Austria, Leopold King of Belgium, Prince Albrecht of Austria and Hjalmar Schacht, Reich Minister of Finances.