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The 6th Armored Division — Historical Film Footage

Liberation of Buchenwald

Germany, 1945
[Silent, 1:09]

The US army filmed the weak and emaciated survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany to document Nazi crimes against humanity. This film was shot shortly after the liberation of the camp in April 1945.

— National Archives - Film

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