April 29 in American History
U.S. soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp, confronting firsthand the horrors of the Nazi regime — the starving survivors, the evidence of mass murder. General Eisenhower ordered the camps documented and local civilians brought to see them, so that no one could ever credibly deny what had happened.
In 1945: American troops liberate Dachau. U.S.
U.S. soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp, confronting firsthand the horrors of the Nazi regime — the starving survivors, the evidence of mass murder. General Eisenhower ordered the camps documented and local civilians brought to see them, so that no one could ever credibly deny what had happened.
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