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About a third of the foreign laborers were women. Some of them were assigned to German mothers as household help; otherwise, they were used in all sectors of the economy. The photo shows Russian workers after their liberation in Osnabrück. The women suffered smoke inhalation after a German policeman locked them in a cellar and set it on fire. Civilians and British soldiers are seen providing first aid.

Russian Forced Laborers Suffering from Smoke Inhalation after their Liberation from Osnabrück (April 1945)

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Source: After the liberation in Osnabrück – Russian forced laborers with smoke poisoning. Civilians and British soldiers provide first aid. A German policeman had locked the Russian women in a cellar and set it on fire. Unknown photographer. 
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