![African Americans were among the liberators of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 86235]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/238e8e4d-a413-4442-8882-827ac4fa8b61.jpg "African Americans were among the liberators of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 86235]")
African Americans were among the liberators of the Buchenwald concentration camp. William Scott, seen here during training, was a military photographer and helped document Nazi crimes in the camp. Alabama, United States, March 1943.
Item View![African American soldier Warren Capers was recommended for a Silver Star for his actions during the Allied invasion of France. [LCID: 91464]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2d415f3f-be16-42ac-b6da-a3e554cd0764.jpg "African American soldier Warren Capers was recommended for a Silver Star for his actions during the Allied invasion of France. [LCID: 91464]")
African American soldier Warren Capers was recommended for a Silver Star for his actions during the Allied invasion of France. He and his medical detachment aided more than 330 soldiers. France, August 18, 1944.
Item View![Members of the 12th Armored Division, which included African American platoons, await their orders. [LCID: 83791]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0cd407a7-6785-45bf-8024-ce7c6f061926.jpg "Members of the 12th Armored Division, which included African American platoons, await their orders. [LCID: 83791]")
Members of the 12th Armored Division, which included African American platoons, await their orders. Germany, April 1945.
Item View![African American soldiers escort German civilians through a site where camp prisoners were massacred during a death march from Buchenwald. [LCID: 85740]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e0af28f3-9d81-4a82-805a-de346930ba9a.jpg "African American soldiers escort German civilians through a site where camp prisoners were massacred during a death march from Buchenwald. [LCID: 85740]")
African American soldiers of the US Army escort German civilians through a site where camp prisoners were massacred during a death march from Buchenwald. Such tours forced Germans to recognize the crimes committed by the SS. Near Nammering, Germany, 1945.
Item View![American troops, including African American soldiers from the Headquarters and Service Company of the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion, ... [LCID: 83761]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a90e5ecc-febb-446b-849f-c17547492d45.jpg "American troops, including African American soldiers from the Headquarters and Service Company of the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion, ... [LCID: 83761]")
American troops, including African American soldiers from the Headquarters and Service Company of the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th Corps, US 3rd Army, view corpses stacked behind the crematorium during an inspection tour of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Among those pictured is Leon Bass (the soldier third from left). Buchenwald, Germany, April 17, 1945.
Item View![An American soldier on an inspection tour of Buchenwald poses for a photograph beside a wagon laden with corpses. [LCID: 85276]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/df1bbc8c-64c7-4213-b8eb-748e36bb39aa.jpg "An American soldier on an inspection tour of Buchenwald poses for a photograph beside a wagon laden with corpses. [LCID: 85276]")
A US soldier on an inspection tour of Buchenwald poses for a photograph beside a wagon laden with corpses. The soldier is probably a member of the Headquarters and Service Company, 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th Corps, US 3rd Army, which arrived at Buchenwald on April 17, 1945, several days after the camp's liberation.
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