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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(59,835 posts) Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:50 AM Apr 2023

On this day, April 11, 1945, American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_11

• 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.

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On this day, April 11, 1945, American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 OP

My father in law was there 303squadron Apr 2023 #1

What he saw must have been unfathomable and heartrending. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #2

303squadron

(653 posts)

1. My father in law was there

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 07:36 AM

Apr 2023

He was a captain in a Medical unit and went into the camp trying to save as many as he could. What he saw scarred him for the rest of his life. We have the letters he wrote home describing what he saw. He was a witness to the holocaust.

Meamwhile, in southeastern Poland at Auschwitz, the Nazis murdered over 50 people who shared my mother's maiden name.

Irish_Dem

(55,636 posts)

2. What he saw must have been unfathomable and heartrending.

Reply to 303squadron (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 08:37 AM

Apr 2023

Yes it would have have left scars on his psyche.

I hope his letters to home stay intact with the family or get donated to the Holocaust Museum.

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