Waakirchen is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Miesbach in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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. At the end of World War II, Japanese American soldiers (
Nisei from the
522nd Field Artillery Battalion) rescued concentration camp victims on a death march at this village.
USHMM photos of Waakirchen with 522nd personnel and rescued prisoners
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References
Miesbach (district)
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