![On May 2, 1945, the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division encountered the Wöbbelin concentration camp. [LCID: 09274]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/601bc65e-944e-473a-a7f2-bb041c9be0bc.jpg)
On May 2, 1945, the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division encountered the Wöbbelin concentration camp. This photograph shows US troops in the Wöbbelin camp. Germany, May 4–6, 1945.
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