Holocaust

The Stars and Stripes, May 1, 1945

On May 1, 1945, just one week before VE Day, The Stars and Stripes, the US Armed Forces’ daily newspaper, celebrates the US seizure of Dachau, along with the capture of Munich by the US Army, Soviet attacks on Berlin, and the promise of an impending offer of surrender from Heinrich Himmler.

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