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The prisoners' "death march" from Auschwitz begins.
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The Soviet army liberated about 7,000 prisoners from Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz. About 2,000,000 people had already been murdered there.
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About 120,000 Jews were saved.
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In the spring, about 100,000 Jews are displaced persons with nowhere to go.
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The British freed about 40,000 prisoners at Bergen-Belson.
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Hitler commited suicide in Berlin.
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General Alfred Jodl signed an unconditional surrender at Reims.
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Two sets of trials involving Nazis involved in crimes occur.
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The British arrest the former commander of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hoss. He is later hanged.
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Twenty-three former SS doctors and scientists go to trial. Sixteen are found guilty and seven were hanged.
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Otto Frank gave the diary to a historian, and it was first published in the Netherlands.
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Easing of immigration laws causes over 80,000 Jewish displaced persons to live in the U.S.
