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THE LIBERATION OF BUCHENWALD (Apr 11, 45): The Allied army under the commandment of Eisenhower liberating the camp of Buchenwald and discovering the horrific extent of Nazi barbarity.
Why is it significant? This one speaks for itself: the realization of how far racism and hatred can truly go, perhaps the furthest in humanity's history. The Allies could realize how misguided they were when they chose to ignore the Jews' pleas before the war and German civilians could see with their eyes the price of their apathy. The liberation of Buchenwald followed by the other camps lead to the first prosecution for crime against humanity and gave its full meaning to the term that became a global standard of human right by now. the Holocaust remains one of the ugliest stains of our history.
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