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When American Soldiers Opened Buchenwald (PHOTOS)

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On April 11, 1945, U.S. soldiers liberated the concentration camp of Buchenwald. Left behind by fleeing Germans were starving survivors, piles of bones, bodies, and possessions.

William O’Connor
William O’Connor 

Former Travel Editor

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Waisman
William O’Connor

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

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