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Old November 9th, 2009, 09:24 AM
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Default Re: Dachau - Seventh Army

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Originally Posted by TeeCee View Post
Very interesting Dave.
Did you know that about a mile outside of Dachau there used to be a firing range for the SS. They had 4 long ranges and two short ones.
Russian prisoners would be brought to this firing range in bunches of 70, undressed and then lined up to be executed. This was a SS firing practise. Cruel isn't it? About 7000 Russians POW where shot here. This firing range can still be visited. In the barracks (houses) on that firing range, where SS used to live, their are still people living there today.

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Very interesting. I wonder if it was carried over from the Einsatzgruppen? The method is very familiar.
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