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Sunday, August 13, 2006

מחנה וובלין Wobbelin Concentration Camp

מחנה וובלין נמצא ליד העיר לודויגסלוסט Ludwigslust
המחנה הוקם ע"י ה SS בראשית פברואר 45 בשיאו מנה המחנה כ 5000 אסירים שסבלו ממחלות ותשישות. המחנה שוחרר ב 2 במאי 45 ע"י 8TH INFANTRY DIVISION האמריקאי

תמונות ממחנה וובלין גוגל יאהו בעיקר בעת השחרור.


Wobbelin Concentration Camp, recently captured by troops of the 82nd Airborne Division. Many prisoners were found nearly starved to death. Here former prisoners are being taken to a hospital for medical attention. Germany, 05/04/1945...



On May 2, 1945, Manfred Steinfeld and his American airborne division liberated the survivors of the concentration camp Wobbelin four kilometers outside Ludwigslust, in northern Germany. The rescue effort was to be their final mission for Steinfeld and his fellow paratroopers. As part of the effort, Steinfeld and the Americans also helped bury the dead, those not lucky enough to be liberated...

Here's a photo of neigboring German civilians being required to tour the camp on 06 MAY 1945:



from the National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives

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