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American forces liberated more than 60,000 prisoners from Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945. When they arrived, soldiers found railcars filled with bodies and emaciated prisoners. After all Colonel Alexander Zabin had seen of war, Dachau was something worse:

“It is all a horrible memory, a nightmare I can never hope to forget. I wish that all the people back home could walk through this place. Then they would realize that any sacrifice they have made - even the loss of their loved ones - was not made in vain. To liberate this camp alone was sufficient reason for our war with Germany.”  (Film by Colonel Alexander Zabin)

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Prisoners in the Camp

During the first year, the camp held about 4,800 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi regime. Over time, other groups were also interned at Dachau, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma (Gypsies), homosexuals, as well as "asocials" and repeat criminal offenders. During the early years relatively few Jews were interned in Dachau and then usually because they belonged to one of the above groups or had completed prison sentences after being convicted for violating the Nuremberg Laws of 1935.

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