A prisoner lying across the body of another victim, one of over 150 burned alive by the Nazis in a warehouse 4 days before liberation.Gardelegen, Germany

Burned alive

A camp prisoner who tried to escape under a door, some of over 150 burned alive by the Nazis in a warehouse 4 days before the camp liberation.Gardelegen, Germany

Trying to escape

The holocaust of Gardelegen took place on April 13. German SS guards tried to burn between 500 and 1,000(can't confirm this number?) prisoners to prevent their being liberated by advancing Americans. There are 150 corpses on the warehouse floor. In the background are three soldiers of the US 9th Army who took Gardelegen on April 17 and found the building still burning.