Buchenwald Camp Survivor Recounts Liberation, 80 Years On

At 102, Jacques Moalic still vividly remembers when American troops arrived to liberate Buchenwald in 1945 (Credit: AFP)

Jacques Moalic, a 102-year-old former Agence France-Presse journalist, remembers vividly the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by American troops 80 years ago.

In an interview with AFP, where he worked for 40 years after World War II, the Buchenwald survivor spoke of his last months in captivity and the arrival of American troops on April 11, 1945.