Scene inside the cleansing station, nicknamed the "Human Laundry", which was housed in a former stable for cavalry horses at the newly established hospital for Belsen inmates. The photograph shows some of the 20 tables, each staffed by two German doctors and two German nurses, at which the sick were washed and deloused.
Dated: 01 - 04 May 1945
Source: Imperial War Museum
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