1981 International Liberators Conference collection of liberator testimonies Thekla labor camp letter.

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1981 International Liberators Conference collection of liberator testimonies Thekla labor camp letter.

Consists of a copy of a letter written by J. Milnor Roberts on 10 Apr 1981. In the letter, Roberts gives his account of a small slave labor camp in the town of Thekla near Leipzig where SS troops attempted to burn the prisoners alive.

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