At the end of World War II , Erfurt was liberated by American forces in April 1945 , and handed over to the Soviet administration on 3 July 1945 , as agreed at the Yalta Conference , held in February 1945 . In 1944 a transit camp for displaced people had been established in the Defense Barracks , and this continued operating under the occupying Soviet administration after the war
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
Petersberg Citadel