Slave Labourers released

6th April 1945: 'Half the nationalities of Europe' are on the march, as men, women and youths dragged to Germany to serve the Nazis go free

Apr 06, 2025

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A group of liberated slave labourers enjoy cigarettes given to them by British paratroopers. The 'SU' painted on their clothes indicates that they are Russians.

One aspect of the Nazi treatment of people from their conquered territories might well have attracted more attention had it not been overshadowed by more sinister discoveries as the war drew to a…

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