Photo 45682

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caption: These are barracks where German S.S. troops who supervised the Flossenburg Concentration Camp in Germany, lived. 800 German S.S. troops were in charge of this camp which was opened 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 month 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 April 20, 1945, 15,000 inmates 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 are Kurt Von Schuschnig, former Chancellor of Austria, Leopold, King of Belgium, Prince Albrech of Austria and Hjalmar Schacht, Reich Minister of Finances.