The Resource Hell before their very eyes : American soldiers liberate concentration camps in Germany, April 1945, John C. McManus
Hell before their very eyes : American soldiers liberate concentration camps in Germany, April 1945, John C. McManus
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- Summary
- On April 4, 1945, United States Army units from the 89th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division seized Ohrdruf, the first of many Nazi concentration camps to be liberated in Germany. In the weeks that followed, as more camps were discovered, thousands of soldiers came face to face with the monstrous reality of Hitler's Germany. These men discovered the very depths of human-imposed cruelty and depravity: railroad cars stacked with emaciated, lifeless bodies; ovens full of incinerated human remains; warehouses filled with stolen shoes, clothes, luggage, and even eyeglasses; prison yards littered with implements of torture and dead bodies; and perhaps most disturbing of all the half-dead survivors of the camps. For the American soldiers of all ranks who witnessed such powerful evidence of Nazi crimes, the experience was life altering. Almost all were haunted for the rest of their lives by what they had seen, horrified that humans from ostensibly civilized societies were capable of such crimes. Military historian John C. McManus sheds new light on this often-overlooked aspect of the Holocaust. 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.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 189 pages
- Contents
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- Encountering Ohrdruf
- "The smell of death was thick in the air": witnessing Buchenwald
- Treating Buchenwald: medicine and Murrow
- Dachau: the approach
- "My heart was going a mile a minute": liberating Dachau
- Dachau: the impact
- Isbn
- 9781421417653
- Label
- Hell before their very eyes : American soldiers liberate concentration camps in Germany, April 1945
- Title
- Hell before their very eyes
- Title remainder
- American soldiers liberate concentration camps in Germany, April 1945
- Statement of responsibility
- John C. McManus
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On April 4, 1945, United States Army units from the 89th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division seized Ohrdruf, the first of many Nazi concentration camps to be liberated in Germany. In the weeks that followed, as more camps were discovered, thousands of soldiers came face to face with the monstrous reality of Hitler's Germany. These men discovered the very depths of human-imposed cruelty and depravity: railroad cars stacked with emaciated, lifeless bodies; ovens full of incinerated human remains; warehouses filled with stolen shoes, clothes, luggage, and even eyeglasses; prison yards littered with implements of torture and dead bodies; and perhaps most disturbing of all the half-dead survivors of the camps. For the American soldiers of all ranks who witnessed such powerful evidence of Nazi crimes, the experience was life altering. Almost all were haunted for the rest of their lives by what they had seen, horrified that humans from ostensibly civilized societies were capable of such crimes. Military historian John C. McManus sheds new light on this often-overlooked aspect of the Holocaust. 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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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McManus, John C.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Witness to history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Hell before their very eyes : American soldiers liberate concentration camps in Germany, April 1945, John C. McManus
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Encountering Ohrdruf -- "The smell of death was thick in the air": witnessing Buchenwald -- Treating Buchenwald: medicine and Murrow -- Dachau: the approach -- "My heart was going a mile a minute": liberating Dachau -- Dachau: the impact
- Control code
- FIEb17795588
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421417653
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907585014
- Label
- Hell before their very eyes : American soldiers liberate concentration camps in Germany, April 1945, John C. McManus
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
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- Contents
- Encountering Ohrdruf -- "The smell of death was thick in the air": witnessing Buchenwald -- Treating Buchenwald: medicine and Murrow -- Dachau: the approach -- "My heart was going a mile a minute": liberating Dachau -- Dachau: the impact
- Control code
- FIEb17795588
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421417653
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907585014
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