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The notes on back read: “Camp Belson, Ger. May 4, 1945. One of the pitts [sic] or graves.

The notes on back read: “German’s working barrerieng [sic] the dead by the houndreds [sic] in pits about 6 to 8 ft deep + 50’ to 75’ ft Long + about 50 ft wide. It was terrible I saw it, + take it from me I know. Camp Belson, Germany May 4, 1945”

The notes on back read: “Looking through two or three barb wire fences at the Camp belson, Germany. 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: “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: “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 : "This is the back of me Clement L. Leithoff the driver of a peep [sic] driving around the camp Belson concentration camp in Germany. May 4, 1945. Near Elbe River. About 12 minutes from Baltic Sea.

From a Memory Book written by former residents of this area as a commemoration of the Holocaust and World War Two.