Holocaust Horrors
WW2 - Holocaust - Members of the 42nd Rainbow Division, 7th US Army uncover a wagon transporting some of the horrors of Dachau, 30 April 1945. Dachau was liberated on Sunday, April 29, 1945, one week before the rendition of Germany. The 42nd Rainbow and the 45th Thunderbird Divisions liberated the camp and its 123 sub-camps supported by the 20th Armored Division. The liberation was followed by the Dachau liberation reprisals, a series of incidents in which German prisoners of war were killed by American soldiers
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12278955
Media ID
46904356
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2409px x 3297px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Media Drum Images
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Editorial use only
Source
Joel Bellviure / Media Drum Images
Date
1945
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