An American soldier passes through a barbed-wire gate at a camp complex in Germany, marked with Cyrillic-lettered signage that likely warned Eastern European prisoners or forced laborers against approaching the fence line. As Allied forces, including elements of the 101st Airborne Division, swept across Germany in the final weeks of World War II, they encountered numerous camps holding prisoners of war and forced laborers from across occupied Europe. Photographs like this one document the sobering scenes American troops discovered as the war in Europe drew to a close. Project: 218667