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 | 1945-04-08 | 1945-04-11 | Celler Hasenjagd | A train carrying internees of the concentration camp Salzgitter Drutte is hit by an air raid killing hundreds. Some escape into the woods, but are pursued and massacred by Gestapo, SS guard, Nazi Party officials and local residents. | Read about 'Celler Hasenjagd' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Celler Hasenjagd' |
| 1945-04-04 | Ohrdruf | Troops from the 4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry Division liberate Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar in Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network and was the first camp liberated by US forces. | Read about 'Ohrdruf' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Ohrdruf' | |
| 1945-01-27 | Auschwitz Liberated | Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Over one million men, women and children had been murdered at the camp since it's creation in 1940. | Read about 'Auschwitz Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Auschwitz Liberated' | |
| 1945-01-19 | Lodz Ghetto | Soviet troops liberate the Lodz Ghetto (the second largest ghetto in occupied Poland). Of the 200,000 pre-war Jewish inhabitants, only 900 had survived Nazi occupation. | Read about 'Lodz Ghetto' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lodz Ghetto' | |
| 1945-01-17 | Auschwitz Abandonned | Nazi forces evacuate Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. The SS command sent orders calling for the execution of all prisoners remaining in the camp, but in the chaos of the Nazi retreat the order was never carried out. | Read about 'Auschwitz Abandonned' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Auschwitz Abandonned' | |
| 1945-01-10 | Uckermark Extermination | Previously a forced labour camp for juveniles, the camp infrastructure was used as an extermination camp for "sick, no longer efficient, and over 52 years old women". | Read about 'Uckermark Extermination' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Uckermark Extermination' | |
| 1945-01-01 | Chenogne Massacre | Several dozen German prisoners of war were killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne in retaliation for the Malmedy massacre. | Read about 'Chenogne Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Chenogne Massacre' | |
| 1944-12-17 | Malmedy | Eighty eight American prisoners of war are murdered by their German captors. The massacre was committed by Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division). | Read about 'Malmedy' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Malmedy' | |
| 1944-11-30 | Anne Frank Deported | Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. | Read about 'Anne Frank Deported' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Anne Frank Deported' | |
| 1944-09-22 | Klooga Liberated | Soviet forces liberate Klooga concentration camp. Of the 2400 prisoners who had remained post-evacuation, only 85 were still alive when Soviet troops arrive. | Read about 'Klooga Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Klooga Liberated' |
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