The Horrifying Discovery of Dachau Concentration Camp—And Its Liberation by US Troops | HISTORY

Liberation of Dachau | Holocaust Encyclopedia

Footage Reveals What U.S. Soldiers Saw When They First Liberated A Nazi Concentration Camp

On 29 April 1945, American forces of the U.S. 7th Army liberated Dachau concentration camp near Munich. Dachau had been operating since 1933, making it the longest-running Nazi concentration camp and a model for many others. As U.S. soldiers entered the camp, they encountered railway cars filled with decomposing bodies, evidence of death marches and executions in the camp’s final days. Inside the camp, prisoners were severely malnourished, diseased, and traumatized after years of brutal forced l

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