Leipzig
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+++CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++++ The concentration camp subcamp Leipzig-Thekla in Leipzig was a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp it was set up at the beginning of March 1943 .It was liberated on 19 April 1945. 1450 male prisoners had been in the camp. The prisoners had to do forced labor at Erla Maschinenwerk GmbH
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As the Red Army and the Western Allies pressed closer and closer to Berlin suicides grew. Thousands of Germans committed suicide in the spring of 1945, rather than face occupation and the expected abuse by their victors. 3,881 people were recorded as committing suicide during April in the Battle of Berlin, although the figure is
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Robert Capa (born Endre Friedmann;October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian war photographer and photo journalist, arguably the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. Capa was born into a Jewish family in Budapest, where his parents were tailors During his career he risked his life numerous times, most dramatically as the
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