Wehrmachtsgefängnis Brückenkopf

with a great view of the center of Torgau

Shortly before the historic meeting of the US and Soviet troops in Torgau on April 25, 1945, the prison commanders had Fort Zinna and Bridgehead evacuated. The prisoners of the Wehrmacht prison Brückenkopf were already put on the march on April 14th. American troops finally liberated them on May 8, 1945 in Markersdorf, Saxony.

The prisoners of the Wehrmacht prison at Brückenkopf were already marched on April 14th. They were finally liberated by US troops on May 8, 1945 in Markersdorf, Saxony.