Read TIMEs 1945 Report on the Horrors of Dachau
Holocaust Memorial Day is observed in many nations on the day of the liberation of Auschwitz  70 years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945  but it is designed to also encourage remembrance of those killed by Nazis elsewhere. Some nations observe days of remembrance on other dates., When the May 7, 1945, issue of TIME was published, those memories were still fresh. The magazine's correspondent Sidney Olson had just accompanied the U.S. Army during the liberation of Dachau, and the report he filed would have shocked even readers who were aware of the Nazis' crimes. This is what he wrote, Read the full story here in the TIME Vault Dachau