Friedrich Herzog SS

 

 SS-Obersharführer Friedrich Herzog SS (1886–1945) from the former guards of the Nazi concentration camp, together with his colleagues, carry a pile of dead bodies of prisoners. The Western Front of the Second World War in Europe.

When cleaning the territory of a concentration camp from corpses and burial of bodies, the Nazi-employees and SS-Obersharführer Herzog were forbidden to use gloves, despite the serious threat of typhoid fever. Because of this, 20 of the 80 camp guard members of the SS team died.


Sources of information about the Friedrich Herzog SS photo:

  1. www.theatlantic.com
  2. www.bergenbelsen.co.uk




Location: Germany
Date: April 23, 1945
Photo by George Rodger

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