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Allied forces such as Americans, United Kingdom, and Soviets liberated the concentration and death camps.

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Who first found the death camps of World War 2?

The Allied army that first entered a death camp (extermination camp) was the Soviet Army, which liberated Majdanek in July, 1944. The existence of extermination camps had been known before that, however. Death Camps! Every Allied army liberated death camps. They existed in Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Most of the German camps, Buchenwald, Dachau and others were liberated by the French and Americans, while Auschwitz and Theresianstadt were liberated by the Russians. Their existence were only known since 1943, two years before their liberation.


How did the Jewish become free of the nazi ocupation?

The Jews were liberated from the concentration camps.


Which concentration camp was liberated by the red army on April 29 1945?

No Concentration Camps were liberated by the Red Army on the 29th of April 1945, But Dachau Concentration Camp was surrendered by SS-Sturmscharfuhrer Heinrich Wicker to the commander of the US 42nd Division.


Why was the battle of the buldge so significant?

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it was the battle which liberated the Jews in the Nazi death camps. This battle was also the last German offensive of WW 2.


When were the prisoners in Germany liberated in World War 2?

well it depends on which camp your talking about.. most were liberated in 1944-1945 by the allies (group of countries against Germany led by united states, great Britain and soviet union). Some of the extermination camps - Treblinka, Sobibor and Belzec were destroyed by the Nazis in 1943. In those cases there was nobody left to liberate.

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When did the concentration camps officially end?

Each camp ceased to be a concentration camps when it was liberated by one of the Allied armies. This happened on different dates at each camps.


When did the liberation of the holocaust take place?

The prisoners in the various Nazi concentration camps were liberated over several months in the winter and spring of 1945, as the Allied armies advanced into the territory where they were located.


Did the Southern slaves have a war?

Slaves were steadily liberated by the Union armies as they campaigned in the South. They followed these armies to the Northern camps, where they were employed as labourers, and a few joined black regiments from the North.


Who finally liberated concentration camps?

The American, British, and Russian soldiers liberated the concentration camps during 1943-1945.


When did the Jews get outa the conantrations camps?

When the camps were liberated, or shortly afterwards.


When were concentration camps discovered by the British?

One of the first camps found the British and Canadian armies was Breendonck near Antwerp in Belgium. It was, strictly speaking, a transit camp and 'intensive interrogation centre' (where members of the Belgian resistance were tortured) but was also used as a concentration camp. It was liberated early in September 1944. The biggest camp that the British liberated was Bergen-Belsen, near Hanover, liberated in April 1945.


When were the comcentration camps liberated?

Sobibor, Treblinka, and Belzec were dismantled by the Nazis in 1943. The first camp was liberated by the Russians in 1944. All of the remaining camps would be liberated in the beginning to the middle of 1945.


Who was president when the Nazi camps were liberated?

FDR


What caused the concentration camps to be liberated?

allied forces arrived at the camps and freed the prisoners


What brought about the end of Nazi exterminaton camps?

The ending of the Nazi camps came where when the USSR liberated them.


What happened at liberation in the Holocaust?

Allied forces liberated camps.


What did the us soldiers not found when they liberated concentration camps?

The Nazis who killed the inmates and not much documents about the camps