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General Dwight D. Eisenhower watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how... - NARA - 531263

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower watches grimly while occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how... - NARA - 531263

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Scope and content: On pages 275 and 276 of General Patton's book, "War As I Knew It," Patton describes the events leading up to and including the one depicted in this photo. He states that he, Eisenhower and Bradley learned later, that the person in the striped shirt, demonstrating the torture, was actually one of the camp's executioners. Patton notes that this man was killed the next day after the tour, by some of the other inmates.
General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1113 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

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1939 - 1945
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U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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