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U.S. Forces Liberate Buchenwald on April 11, 1945

U.S. Forces Liberate Buchenwald on April 11, 1945 Survivors stand behind barbed wire at Buchenwald after U.S. forces liberated the camp April 11, 1945.

U.S. troops found about 21,000 prisoners at Buchenwald living in filthy, brutal conditions, with bodies piled for cremation. Forced labor, executions, and death marches killed thousands.

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