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The History Place - World War II in Europe

At Dachau concentration camp, two U.S. soldiers gaze at victims of Hitler's Final Solution who died on board a death train. Below: Americans conduct on-the-spot executions of Nazi SS guards at Dachau.

After Liberation

Survivors cheer their American liberators. Below: Young survivors.

(Photo credits: top, USHMM, others, U.S. National Archives, all courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.)

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