Daily Archives: May 2, 2015

Nazi concentration camp Wöbbelin liberated 70 years ago today (May 2 1945)


Video: 'Wöbbelin Concentration Camp, Ludwigslust, Germany, 05/05/1945 (full)'

(Wednesday, May 2, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Wöbbelin concentration camp, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp near the city of Ludwigslust, Germany, was liberated today by American forces. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Wöbbelin liberated 70 years ago today (May 2 1945)

Fascist extermination camp Jasenovac fully liberated 70 years ago today (May 2 1945)


Video: 'Lordan Zafranovic: Jasenovac - The Cruelest Death Camp of All Times (1983)'

(Wednesday, May 2, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The main camp of the extermination camp Jasenovac, established in Slavonia by the authorities of the German puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), was fully liberated today by Yugoslav Partisans.

From 1941 to 1945, an estimated 100,000 people were killed at Jasenovac.