Dachau, first Nazi Concentration Camp, Germany, WW2
May 10, 1945 - Dachau, Bavaria, Germany - Dachau, the most infamous Nazi concentration camp of all has been liberated by men of the 42nd Rainbow Division of the US 7th Army. Scenes of horror were witnessed by the American troops as they went from building to building. Thousands of starved corpses were piled nearly to the roof awating cremation. Many of the prisoners immediately seized their SS torturers and killed them, throwing their bodies into the moat surrounding the camp. Picture shows: prisoners cheer madly as they heard the guns of the 42nd Rainbow Division on the approcach to Dachau
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13159366
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