Soldiers Removing Dead Bodies

Jan Dago

Morgenavisen Jyllands/Posten

Soldiers had been ordered to clear the area for corpses as there was a great risk that desease would spread with the many decaying bodies. The soldiers would rub their protection masks with grinded coffee in order not to vomit from the strong smell of the decaying bodies.

Jan Dago, "Soldiers Removing Dead Bodies," in POYi Archive, Item #35939, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35939 (accessed June 9, 2025).