Graves at Gunskirchen testimony.

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Graves at Gunskirchen testimony.

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Consists of "The Graves at Gunskirchen" by David Ichelson. It is Ichelson's personal account of the conditions of the Gunskirchen concentration camp three days after abandonment by SS troops in May 1945. The testimony describes the severity of starvation among the camp inmates, the number of dead at the time the 71st US Infantry Division entered the camp, and the mass burial of Gunskirchen victims at the direction of American troops. Ichelson also describes his thoughts and feelings during a return visit to the camp site 23 years later.

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Ichelson, David

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David Ichelson is a veteran of the 71st US Infantry Division and was a witness to the liberation of Gunskirchen, a subcamp of Mauthausen. From the description of Graves at Gunskirchen testimony. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122370594 ...

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 71st

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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

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