1945: The Soviet Liberation of Europe

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75 years ago today, the Red Army was fighting its way across Germany, heading towards Berlin.  On their way there, they liberated hundreds of former concentration camp prisoners while they were on a death march from Ravensbruck to Berlin.  When the international group of women who had just been liberated realized they were now free, they spontaneously began singing "The Internationale."