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Aerial Photo Neufahrn
Aerial photo of the Neufahrn subcamp of Dachau April 10, 1945

Public Domain photo by U.S. Army Air Force

On April 30, 1945, an unidentified unit of the 45th Infantry Division liberated the 500 inmates interned at the Neufahrn subcamp of the Dachau north of Munich, The 157th an d180th Infantry Regiments of the 45th Infantry Division were operating in the area at the time.

The Neufahrn inmates were used as slave labor for airfield construction.

On April 10, 1945, 500 inmates were sent from the main Dachau concentration camp to the Neufahrn subcamp bringing the total to 800.

Prior to liberation, the SS sent 300 Neufahrn inmates on a death march which ended on April 29, 1945 at Hallbergmoos, 10 kilometers/6miles to the east.. An unknown number survived. Mortality on death marches was as high as 50%
Map of Neufahrn
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Upper right: Neufahrn.

Upper left: Dachau, co-liberated by Task Force Sparks on April 29, 1945

Lower left Allach subcamp co-liberated by Company C, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment on April 29, 1945:
Sources:

Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division, G-2 Periodic Report, May 1, 1945

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps And Ghettos, 1933-1945 Volume I, document page 568/PDF page 528

Traces of Evil: Former Nazi Sites in Moosberg and bei Freising

[Accessed 28 May 2024]Google Maps (2024) Neufahrn Subcamp Location edited by Leonard H. Cizewski. Original map available from:https://maps.app.goo.gl/wVwQDnZmvpRV1JK7A

Researcher:
Javier Tomé Canga 
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