Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Nazi Concentration Camps, April 1945

by John C. McManus

Book Overview

The life-altering experiences of the American soldiers who liberated three Nazi concentration camps.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421417650
• ISBN13: 9781421417653
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary