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Liberation of Nazi Camps
As Allied troops moved across Europe against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945, they encountered concentration camps, mass graves, and other sites of Nazi crimes. The unspeakable conditions the liberators confronted shed light on the full scope of Nazi horrors. 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps and the end of Nazi tyranny in Europe.
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![SS troops advance during the invasion of Greece. The invasion of the Balkans began in April 1941. [LCID: 20390]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/32fa216d-f273-4760-9c01-099e4c03dcd1.jpg)
![Jews from Macedonia who were rounded up and assembled in the Tobacco Monopoly transit camp before deportation to the Treblinka killing ... [LCID: 79737]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/f2c4528d-d346-46d8-a20c-1cde912c2078.jpg)
![Illustration from an antisemitic children's primer. [LCID: 10640c]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/4c6348d1-d3e6-4be3-aae5-b12761f4f20a.jpg)
![Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents evidence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09918]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/b8542ad8-3e73-4b7c-a368-2dcbc971fa85.jpg)
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