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Since 1945, Russ has returned to Germany several times, with the most recent trip in 1994 shown below. The occasion was the opening to the public of the Nordhausen underground factory complex that, in World War II, had been used for the assembly of V1 & V2 rockets and other military materials. Above ground, the infamous Nordhausen slave-labor camp had been used to supply most of the laborers for the underground facilities. The 3rd Armored Division captured the underground facility in April, 1945, and liberated the camp. At the 1994 event, many survivors of the camp, as well as its American liberators, were in attendance.

PHOTOS BELOW at Nordhausen, Germany, in 1994 (from top to bottom):

  • 3rd Armored WWII vets (from left to right): Russ Eick, Aurio Pierro, and Bill Elms. Photo by Rita Eick.
  • Photo by Russ of crowd entering the underground factory complex.
  • Photo by Russ of statue in memory of the labor-camp victims.

Statue in memory of Nordhausen labor-camp victims.

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