History 3427E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Displaced Persons Camp, Gold Teeth
22 Apr 2016
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Process of evacuating the eastern camps and moving them on foot west thus killing them. 700,000 people from various camps at least half die they didn"t want anyone to find them they had no transportation drove people like cattle. Found all the items that had been plundered. Eisenhower personally visits all of the sites in order to see for himself the extent of the crimes. Many had to remain contained in the camp following liberation. Few remaining structures that there were at the beginning of the war. Keep the sick away from the healthy best solution still stuck with a lot of the dead and the sick people. Begin to set up tents amongst the bodies. Many died because they were too ill at liberation. Their systems cant handle it and they get horribly ill and die as a result of eating.
