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By April 1945, Allied troops of both America and the Soviet Union had established control over Germany and German-occupied Poland. General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the liberation of the concentration camps that the Nazis used for the imprisonment, forced labor, and extermination of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Communists, political prisoners, and common criminals. The liberating soldiers–many as young as eighteen–were shocked beyond imagination at what they saw in these camps. Within these covers, twenty-one Texas Liberators speak compellingly in their own words. They describe their discovery of the camps, their first encounters with detainees, the repression of certain memories in order to survive and live their lives, and the feeling by many that �normal� would never be normal again. This testimony allows all of us to begin to understand the sacrifices made in the name of freedom. Accompanying many of the narratives are recent portraits of the surviving Liberators. The stark, profound images capture a range of expressions and emotions in these elderly gentleman, leading to an even deeper connection to their experiences.

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Another milestone of the [Texas Holocaust and Genocide] Commission's great work. -George H. W. Bush

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Aliza S. Wong is an associate professor of history and associate dean of the Honors College at Texas Tech University. She is the author of Race and Nation in Liberal Italy, 1861–1911: Meridionalism, Empire, and Diaspora. Mark Umstot is a portrait and commercial photographer from Lubbock, Texas. Publication of this book was made possible in part by generous grants from the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission and the Friends of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

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