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Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation Commemorated

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The anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp by American soldiers on April 29, 1945, was noted. Speakers at memorial services in Dachau addressed the history of the Nazi concentration camp system. Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, participated in the commemorations. The event highlighted Dachau's role as a prototype for the Nazi camp system and a site of the Holocaust. Discussions included the presence of far-right groups in modern parliaments and their rising poll numbers. The memorial noted the Kaufering and Mühldorf subcamp complexes where over 6,000 Jewish people were held. On April 30, 1945, the Red Army freed remaining prisoners from the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The camp held at least 120,000 women and children between 1939 and 1945.

The anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp by American soldiers on April 29, 1945, was noted. Speakers at memorial services in Dachau addressed the history of the Nazi concentration camp system. Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, participated in the commemorations. The event highlighted Dachau's role as a prototype for the Nazi camp system and a site of the Holocaust. Discussions included the presence of far-right groups in modern parliaments and their rising poll numbers. The memorial noted the Kaufering and Mühldorf subcamp complexes where over 6,000 Jewish people were held. On April 30, 1945, the Red Army freed remaining prisoners from the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The camp held at least 120,000 women and children between 1939 and 1945. In Dachau, over 41,000 people were murdered, primarily Jews, Sinti, Roma, homosexuals, and political opponents. The US Army liberated Dachau's remaining prisoners on April 29, 1945. Some of the last surviving former prisoners attended the events. The commemorations included religious services to honor those lost.

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Radio Maryja

“na kolejnej rocznicy, bo 29 kwietnia 1945 roku żołnierze amerykańscy wezwolili niemiecki obłuz koncentracyjny Dachau. Wiemy z relacji, że w Dachau wiano 1770 osmopolskich kapłanów”

Radio Maryja

“We know from reports that in Dachau 1,770 Polish priests were held, of which... nearly 9,100 died.”

Radio Zvezda

“В немецком концлагере ДХО Блисмюнхена произошло восстание узников. Подоспевшие войска союзников, рассветы.”

Radio Zvezda

“в немецком концлагере ДХО Блисмюнхена произошло восстание узников. Подоспевшие войска союзников... освободили уцелевших заключенных.”

RTVS Rádio Slovensko

“Премьер Роберт Фицо готовится к нескольким зарубежным путям. В день окончания Второй мировой войны он вспомнит в бывшем концентрационном лагере Дахау.”

BR24

“In den zwölf Jahren seines Bestehens wurden etwa 100.000 Menschen ermordet.”

MDR Aktuell

“den zwölf Jahren seines Bestehens wurden etwa 200.000 Menschen in Dachau ermordet.”

SWR Aktuell

“eines der ersten Konzentrationslager der Nationalsozialisten. In den zwölf Jahren seines Bestehens”

NDR Info

“Daran erinnerten bei den Gedenkfeierlichkeiten heute auch andere Redner, wie der Präsident des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland, Josef Schuster.”

DLF Nova

“Am 30. April befreite die Rote Armee 1945 zurückgelassene Häftlinge. In Dachau wurden mehr als 41.000 Menschen ermordet, vor allem Juden, Sinti und Roma, Homosexuelle und Regimegegner. Am 29. April 1945 befreite die US-Armee die verbliebenen Gefangenen.”

hr-iNFO

“Gedenken und Gottesdienste in Dachau auf dem Gelände des ehemaligen Konzentrationslagers ist an dessen Befreiung vor 81 Jahren erinnert worden.”

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