A soldier from the U.S. 7th Army examines the door to a gas chamber in the Dachau concentration camp. (April 30, 1945)
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Execution of SS troops in a coalyard in the area of dachau concentration camp during the liberation of the camp.
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A soldier from the U.S. 7th Army examines the door to a gas chamber in the Dachau concentration camp. (April 30, 1945)
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Execution of SS troops in a coalyard in the area of dachau concentration camp during the liberation of the camp.
Mark, I seem to remember some controversy over the executions at Dachau. Didn't some officers get in trouble?.....Frank
Frank this from wikipedia
The investigation resulted in the U.S. Military considering the court-martialling of those involved including the Battalion commander Lt. Col. Felix Sparks, while Col. Howard Buechner was cited in the report for dereliction of duty for not giving the wounded SS men in the coal yard medical aid,[5] but as General Patton, the recently appointed military governor of Bavaria, chose to dismiss the charges, the witnesses to the massacre were never cross examined in court
more here: Dachau massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia