![On May 2, 1945, the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division encountered the Wöbbelin concentration camp. [LCID: 18048]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2386c0dc-257e-4aa1-9332-67cf67f0a483.jpg)
On May 2, 1945, the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division encountered the Wöbbelin concentration camp. Here, American soldiers patrol the perimeter of the camp. Germany, May 4-May 10, 1945.
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