Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945
- ISBN-10
- 1421417650
- ISBN-13
- 9781421417653
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-11-16
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Author
- John C. McManus
Description
Drawing on a rich blend of archival sources and thousands of firsthand accounts—including unit journals, interviews, oral histories, memoirs, diaries, letters, and published recollections—Hell Before Their Very Eyes focuses on the experiences of the soldiers who liberated Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Dachau and their determination to bear witness to this horrific history.
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