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 : Prisons. May 05, 1945 - Prisoners cheer as Dachau horror camp is liberated


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May 05, 1945 - Prisoners cheer as Dachau horror camp is liberated : Dachau, The most infamous concentration camp of all has been liberated by men of the 42nd Rainbow division of the U.S.7th Army. Scenes of appalling horror were witnessed by the American troops as they went from building to building. Thousands of starved corpses were piled nearlyto the rode awaiting cre, and thousands of living went crazy with joy when the fough boys crashed into their prison. Many of the prisoners immediately seized theor S.S. Tortures and killed them, throwing theor bodies into the surrounding the camp. Photo shows Political prisoners who may have been murdered this week, cheer madly and even club on the roof of their huts with flags of all nations which they had made secretly as they heard the guns of the 42nd Rainbow Division getting louder and louder on the approach to Dachau

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13159351
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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