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The notes on back read: “a small part of the Camp Belson Germany. They dies 200 to 300 dayly [sic] + barried [sic] 9000 in 7 day’s, + were still dieing [sic]. More than 60 thousand in this one camp. May 4, 1945”

The notes on back read: “Graves of thousands at a time. Camp Belson Germ. Across the Elbe River 12 miles from Baltic Sea. May 4, 1945”

The notes on back read: “This is a pile of shoes + shoe leather of the dead people + is just a few of them for all the shoes aren’t here. May 4, 1945, Camp Belson, Germany”

The notes on back read: “Looking through two or three barb wire fences at the Camp belson, Germany. May 4, 1945”

There is speculation that Leithoff smuggled the other captured items within the lifeboat and parachute.