I was in the sixth grade when the Israelis captured Eichmann and it prompted my father and uncle to talk about their experiences during the war. My uncle was with Eisenhower when the US Army liberated Ohrdruff, a satellite camp of Buchenwald. It was the western Allies first encounter with the camps. He said Eisenhower was so appalled by …
I was in the sixth grade when the Israelis captured Eichmann and it prompted my father and uncle to talk about their experiences during the war. My uncle was with Eisenhower when the US Army liberated Ohrdruff, a satellite camp of Buchenwald. It was the western Allies first encounter with the camps. He said Eisenhower was so appalled by what he saw he made everyone from the nearby town tour the place under armed guard. My uncle was part of that guard so he saw it all too. Eisenhower wanted as many Americans as possible to witness what they'd found (he probably thought it was one of a kind at that point) and he made a pass available to any soldier who wanted to go see. My father was with an ordnance unit seconded to the Brits in North Africa and he snatched up the opportunity to go see his brother but what he found there changed him in ways he hadn't expected. They told me what they'd seen, and said the day would come when people would deny it had ever happened and they wanted me to know that it did indeed happen and could indeed happen again.
I was in the sixth grade when the Israelis captured Eichmann and it prompted my father and uncle to talk about their experiences during the war. My uncle was with Eisenhower when the US Army liberated Ohrdruff, a satellite camp of Buchenwald. It was the western Allies first encounter with the camps. He said Eisenhower was so appalled by what he saw he made everyone from the nearby town tour the place under armed guard. My uncle was part of that guard so he saw it all too. Eisenhower wanted as many Americans as possible to witness what they'd found (he probably thought it was one of a kind at that point) and he made a pass available to any soldier who wanted to go see. My father was with an ordnance unit seconded to the Brits in North Africa and he snatched up the opportunity to go see his brother but what he found there changed him in ways he hadn't expected. They told me what they'd seen, and said the day would come when people would deny it had ever happened and they wanted me to know that it did indeed happen and could indeed happen again.