In the acclaimed miniseries Band of Brothers, specifically in Episode 9 titled "Why We Fight," Easy Company discovers the Kaufering IV concentration camp. Kaufering IV was one of the many sub-camps of the larger Dachau concentration camp complex located near Landsberg am Lech in Germany. The depiction in the series is based on the real-life experience of the 101st Airborne Division during their advance into Germany in April 1945. The episode powerfully portrays the shock and horror of the American soldiers as they find thousands of starving, emaciated prisoners and evidence of the Nazi regime's systematic brutality. While Dachau itself was the main administrative hub, the Kaufering sub-camps were "work-to-death" camps where prisoners were forced to build underground bunkers for aircraft factories. The liberation of the camp served as a pivotal moment in the series, shifting the narrative from tactical combat to the moral weight of the war and providing a visceral answer to the question posed in the episode's title.