Deliverance day: The last hours at Dachau
TitleDeliverance day: The last hours at Dachau
Author
Call number940.547243094336/0004
Object number01060
Place of publicationPhiladelphia, Pennyslvania, United States
PublisherJ.B. Lippincott Company
Year of publication
1978
Physical description253p., bibliography, photographs
MaterialBook
ISBN0397012306
Description
Account of the horror and strange elation of April 29, 1945 as U.S. Army troops captured Dachau, Hitler's first concentration camp, freeing 30,000 prisoners, after twelve nightmarish years. Examines the long term effects of camp life, both on those incarcerated amd on the memories of the soldiers who found the prisoners.