Photo 45676

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caption: This is a view of part of the Flossenberg Concentration Camp in Germany, where bodies of atrocity victims were cremated. 800 German S.S. troops supervised this camp which was open in 1939. Since that time, 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 of exhaustion, under nourishment, mistreatment, and various diseases. The prisoners worked in stone quarries and a nearby Messerschmidt Airplane Factory. On 20 April, 1945, 15,000 including children and elderly people were marched away. Those that could not keep up the march were killed by the wayside. About 2,000 were left in the camp when 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 Schacht, Reich Minister of Finances.