Liberation of the camps by Allied forces from "summary" of The Holocaust by Laurence Rees
When the Allied forces finally arrived to liberate the concentration camps at the end of World War II, what they saw was beyond comprehension. The sheer scale of human suffering and devastation they encountered was unlike anything the world had ever seen before. The images of emaciated bodies, mass graves, and survivors barely clinging to life were seared into the memories of those who bore witness. The liberation of the camps was a moment of both relief and horror. Relief, because it meant an end to the brutal regime that had inflicted unimaginable cruelty upon millions of innocent people. Horror, because the full extent of the atrocities that had taken place within the camps was finally revealed. The stories of starvation, torture, and murder that emerged from the survivors painted a picture of pure evil. For the Allied forces, the task of caring for the survivors and bringing the perpetrators to justice was a monumental one. They had to provide food, med...
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