The Buchenwald report / translated, edited, and with an introduction by David A. Hackett ; foreword by Frederick A. Praeger.
Contributor(s): Hackett, David A | Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Psychological Warfare Division. Intelligence Team.
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BookPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995Description: xvii, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0813317770.Subject(s): Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration camp) -- History -- Sources | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Personal narratives | Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration camp) -- History -- Sources | Holocaust, 1933-1945 -- Personal narrativesDDC classification: 940.53/1743226 Original report was produced by the Intelligence Team of the Psychological Warfare Division of the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Forces.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-387) and index.
Report on Buchenwald Concentration Camp at Weimar -- Statistics and general information -- Luxurious living and corruption of the SS -- Daily life in camp -- The work details -- Punishments in camp -- Sanitary and health questions -- Special actions and special facilities -- The antifascist struggle against the SS -- Conditions during the war -- The liberation of the camp -- The case of Commandant Koch -- Reports from other camps.
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Presents the report compiled by United States Army Intelligence officers who were sent to Buchenwald concentration camp days after it was liberated at the end of World War II, detailing their findings and including interviews with prisoners who had not yet been released.
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