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Today in History — April 11

1945

11 april 1945 US Troops Liberate Buchenwald Concentration Camp

In 1945, towards the end of World War II, US troops played a pivotal role in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, exposing the horrors of the Nazi regime and bearing witness…

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