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Jewish men are forced to dig their own graves before being executed. Below: Waffen-SS men and young members of the Reich Labor Service look on as a member of Einsatzgruppe D is about to shoot the last Jew left alive at Vinica, Ukraine, as he kneels on the edge of a mass grave.

(Photo credits: State Archives of the Russian Federation, below: Library of Congress, both courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives)

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