A Romani (Gypsy) victim of Nazi medical experiments to make seawater safe to drink. [LCID: 78680]
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Romani (Gypsy) victim of Nazi medical experiments

A Romani (Gypsy) victim of Nazi medical experiments to make seawater safe to drink. Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1944.


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