Allied airmen liberated from Nazi prison camp.
Allied airmen liberated from Nazi prison camp. Captured Allied airmen were once interned in this camp, the 'Dulag-Luft', which was overrun by troops of the Seventh Armored Division, First U.S. Army, who captured nearby Wetzlar, March 28, 1945. By first bypassing the camp, American troops the Nazis to retreat without taking the prisoners with them.
Organisatie
NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Bevrijding
Krijgsgevangenkampen