Mistake

When the United States liberated concentration and death camps in Germany during the Second World War the hardened soldiers were appalled at what they found. The discovery of huge mounds of emaciated corpses and mass graves was so horrific that it was heavily documented just so that it could be believed. Even to this day some refuse to acknowledge that it really happened, but the soldiers there at the time did something to ensure the Germans themselves could never deny it. At Buchenwald, Flossenburg, and others the liberating forces spread out to nearby German towns and villages and rounded up the adult civilians. These civilians were then marched past the grim pyramids of dead bodies and in some cases made to bury them. Many photos exist of women in their Sunday best recoiling or covering their eyes at the sight.

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