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
- "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. 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 aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on a 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."--Publisher information
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 189 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue: Germany, 1945
- 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
- Epilogue
- 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
- "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. 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 aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on a 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."--Publisher information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McManus, John C.
- Dewey number
- 940.53/185
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D805.G3
- LC item number
- M4297 2015
- 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Germany, 1945 -- 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 -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn907585014
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421417653
- Lccn
- 2014047681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40025351473
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o907585014
- (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
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Germany, 1945 -- 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 -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn907585014
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421417653
- Lccn
- 2014047681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025351473
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o907585014
- (OCoLC)907585014
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