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June 1945: The corpse of a Polish prisoner at Erla concentration camp near Magdeburg in Germany, burnt by the Germans in the finals days before the camp was liberated. Around his neck is a cross and by his side is a spoon on a chain. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/Keystone/Getty Images)

June 1945:  The corpse of a Polish prisoner at Erla concentration camp near Magdeburg in Germany, burnt by the Germans in the finals days before the camp was liberated. Around his neck is a cross and by his side is a spoon on a chain.  (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/Keystone/Getty Images)