1981 International Liberators Conference collection of liberator testimonies Miscellaneous POW camps letters.

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1981 International Liberators Conference collection of liberator testimonies Miscellaneous POW camps letters.

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Includes letters written by John H. Hill and Buruil Hayes in 1981 relating to their experiences in liberating prisoners-of-war camps and concentration camps. Hill describes the liberation of several stalags in Germany and the types of prisoners liberated from the camps. He also mentions encountering a camp for political prisoners while en route to Kinzenbach as well as the Hadamar Institute where inamtes were victims of euthanasia. The letter by Buruil Hayes describes his imprisonment in two separate stalags in Poland and his liberation by the Red Army.

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