29 May 1946
Germany
Germany
- Martin Gottfried Weiss, former Majdanek Concentration Camp commandant, was executed by hanging at the Landsberg Prison in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Martin Gottfried Weiss | Landsberg am Lech | CPC]
15 Oct 1950
Germany
Germany
- The displaced persons camp at Landsberg in southern Germany was closed. ww2dbase [Kaufering Concentration Camp | Landsberg am Lech, München-Oberbayern | CPC]
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