Nazi SS Guards Beaten, Shot, and Lynched: Dachau Massacre
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On April 29, 1945, U.S. troops liberated Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp. They found thousands of corpses and 30,000 survivors reduced to skeletons. Shock and rage swept the soldiers and inmates alike. What followed became known as the Dachau Massacre—SS guards were lined up, shot, beaten, and lynched by survivors and liberators alike. This film explores the horrors uncovered and the brutal revenge that followed.
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