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Dachau liberation reprisals
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During the Dachau liberation reprisals, German SS troops were killed by outraged U.S. soldiers and concentration camp prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, during World War II.
Soldiers of the U.S. Seventh Army guard SS prisoners in a coal yard at Dachau concentration camp during its liberation. April 29, 1945 (U.S. Army phot
Soldiers of the U.S. Seventh Army guard SS prisoners in a coal yard at Dachau concentration camp during its liberation. April 29, 1945 (U.S. Army photograph)
Corpses of prisoners who were left by their German guards to die in a train at Dachau. Thousands of prisoners were murdered by the Germans in the days
Corpses of prisoners who were left by their German guards to die in a train at Dachau. Thousands of prisoners were murdered by the Germans in the days before the camp's liberation.
SS men confer with American Brigadier General Henning Linden during the capture of the Dachau concentration camp. Pictured from left to right: SS aide
SS men confer with American Brigadier General Henning Linden during the capture of the Dachau concentration camp. Pictured from left to right: SS aide, camp leader SS-Untersturmführer Heinrich Wicker (mostly hidden by the aide), Paul M. G. Lévy, a Belgian journalist (man with helmet looking to his left), Dr. Victor Maurer (back), Brig. Gen. Henning Linden (man with helmet, looking to his right) and some U.S. soldiers.
Dead SS Guards lying at the foot of KZ Dachau Watchtower "B"
Dead SS Guards lying at the foot of KZ Dachau Watchtower "B"
Heinrich Wicker
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Heinrich Wicker was a German SS-Untersturmführer. He was the last commandant of the Dachau concentration camp. In the final weeks of the war, Wicker was responsible for leading a death march in which
Dachau liberation reprisals
…left in command of the camp, together with the camp guards and the SS garrisons, had also fled before the arrival of U.S. troops. SS-Untersturmführer Heinrich Wicker (killed after the surrender) was left in charge and had roughly 560 personnel at his disposal; these came from conscripted inmates of the SS disciplinary…
Wicker after the liberation of Dachau
Wicker after the liberation of Dachau