 From February to April 1945 Neubrandenburg was a waypoint in the forced march westward of Allied prisoners from POW camps further east.The camp was finally liberated on 28 April 1945 when a Soviet armoured division reached Neubrandenburg.In the middle of April most of the prisoners in the camp and in the outlying "Arbeitskommandos" were marched westward ahead of the advancing Red Army.