On two occasions a bulldozer, operated by 14322433 Sapper Frank Chapman, 619 Field Park Company, Royal Enginners, was used to push badly decomposed bodies into mass graves. This photo shows them being pushed into Mass Grave 1, with Block 16 II in the background. (Illustration from War Crimes Trials Vol II, The Belsen Trial)
Dated: 17 April 1945
Source: Imperial War Museum
Many thanks to Mark Liddell for providing this image.
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