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April 26, 1945
On this day, April 26, 1945, the SS began forcing prisoners from Dachau and its subcamps on death marches south toward the Alps, three days before U.S. troops reached the main camp.
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Europe
April 15, 1945
On this day, April 15, 1945, British troops entered Bergen-Belsen and found tens of thousands of prisoners, many dying of typhus and starvation.
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Europe
April 11, 1945
On this day, April 11, 1945, U.S. troops reached Buchenwald after prisoners seized control of the camp as the SS fled.
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Europe
February 13, 1945
On this day, February 13, 1945, Soviet forces liberated the main Gross-Rosen concentration camp after the SS had evacuated most prisoners.
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Europe
January 27, 1945
On this day, January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the Auschwitz camp complex and found about 7,000 remaining prisoners.
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Europe
January 26, 1945
On this day, January 26, 1945, the Nazis murdered Yishuv paratrooper Abba Berdichev at Mauthausen after capturing him in Slovakia.
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Europe
January 19, 1945
On this day, January 19, 1945, the Red Army entered Łódź. About 800 Jews who had hidden in the former ghetto were liberated.
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Europe
January 18, 1945
On this day, January 18, 1945, the SS began evacuating prisoners from the Auschwitz camp complex on death marches as Soviet forces approached.
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Europe
17–18 January 1945
On 17–18 January 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Pest ghetto. Tens of thousands of Jews were still inside. Buda fell a month later.
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Europe
November 7, 1944
On this day, November 7, 1944, Hannah Szenes was executed by firing squad in Budapest. She was 23.
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Israel
October 7, 1944
On this day, October 7, 1944, Jewish Sonderkommando prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau attacked SS guards and set fire to Crematorium IV.
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Europe
August 11, 1944
On this day, August 11, 1944, German authorities executed Joop Westerweel at Vught for helping Jews escape Nazi deportation.
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Europe
