Dachau was just about the only place justice was served against rank and file SS.
I know that the NKVD used Buchenwald after the war.
G.I.s horrified by what they saw in Dachau gunned down 30 to 50 SS guards. Stateside newspapers bleated, “we’re just as bad as the Nazis!!!”
Those soldiers were brought up on charges by the chain of command, but Gen. George Patton who now commanded that area of occupation, personally dismissed every charge. He had seen Dachau too.
Patton force marched German civilians past the stacks of bodies and then made them bury the dead. Many Germans committed suicide, thinking they were next.
The Russians used to shoot the SS bastards out of hand.