"How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march"

"WAAKIRCHEN, Germany — Eighty years ago, Abba Naor was among several thousand Jews and other prisoners evacuated from Nazi concentration camps and forced to walk for days on the notorious Dachau death march — without food or water, often in freezing temperatures. Many perished on the way.
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On May 2, more than 150 people gathered at a site in Waakirchen, Germany, that marks the end of this particular death march. Some came from as far away as Israel and Britain to attend the blessing of a memorial plaque and historical panel dedicated to the 522nd."

Written by Ellen Nakashima
Photo Editor: Olivier Laurent