Dachau liberation reprisals

When

29 Apr 1945

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

550

Coordinates

48.27° N, 11.47° E

Description

reprisals against Germans during the liberation of Dachau

1945 mass killing of SS guards by US soldiers

During the Dachau liberation reprisals, German SS troops were killed by outraged U.S. soldiers and concentration camp prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, during World War II. It is unclear how many SS guards were killed in the incident, but most estimates place the number killed at around 35 to 50.

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