During World War II, the Soviet Union, the United States, and United Kingdom played significant roles in liberating concentration camps. Here are some of the major concentration camps liberated by each side:
Liberated by the Soviet Union:
Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) - January 27, 1945
Majdanek (Poland) - July 23, 1944
Sobibor (Poland) - October 14, 1943 (partially self-liberated by prisoners in 1943, but the Soviet Red Army reached it later)
Chelmno (Poland) - January 20, 1945
Belzec (Poland) - July 1944 (partially destroyed by Nazis before liberation)
Gross-Rosen (Poland) - February 14, 1945
Sachsenhausen (Germany) - April 22, 1945
Ravensbrück (Germany) - April 30, 1945
Bergen-Belsen (Germany) - April 15, 1945
Buchenwald (Germany) - April 11, 1945
Dachau (Germany) - April 29, 1945
Theresienstadt (Czechoslovakia) - May 8, 1945
Liberated by the United States and the United Kingdom:
Bergen-Belsen (Germany) - April 15, 1945 (also liberated by the British)
Buchenwald (Germany) - April 11, 1945
Dachau (Germany) - April 29, 1945
Flossenbürg (Germany) - April 23, 1945
Mittelbau-Dora (Germany) - April 11, 1945
Mauthausen (Austria) - May 5, 1945 (also liberated by the Soviet Union)
Gusen (Austria) - May 5, 1945 (part of the Mauthausen concentration camp complex)
Neuengamme (Germany) - May 4-5, 1945
Ravensbrück (Germany) - April 30, 1945 (also liberated by the Soviet Union)
Sachsenhausen (Germany) - April 22, 1945 (also liberated by the Soviet Union)
Stutthof (Poland) - May 9, 1945 (also liberated by the Soviet Union)
The list above includes some of the most well-known and significant camps. Dates are approximate.
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