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What was the last Nazi concentration camp to be liberated?

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Troy Middleton, commanding general of the XVIII Corps, Third US Army, tour the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp. Ohrdruf, Germany, April 12, 1945. — National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md. read more

The Soviets liberated Auschwitz, the largest killing center and concentration camp, in January 1945. The Nazis had forced the majority of Auschwitz prisoners to march westward (in what would become known as "death marches"). Soviet soldiers found over six thousand emaciated prisoners alive when they entered the camp. read more

Apparently the first camps to be liberated were by the Russians, in Poland, which makes sense, since Russia was just over the border - as they advanced, they liberated camps. It looks like Majdanek was the first camp to be liberated, on July 23, 1944 - nearly 9 months before the Nazis lost the war. read more

Stutthof was the first Nazi camp set up outside German borders in World War II, in operation from 2 September 1939. It was also the last camp liberated by the Allies on 9 May 1945. read more

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