Libération des camps et le retour des déportés : l'histoire en souffrance

Based on interviews with survivors, the editors describe the liberation of the concentration camps. On pp. 37-55, they relate the experiences of 15 survivors (14 of them Jews), describing the evacuation of the camps by the Germans, the death marches, starvation, exhaustion, and cold. Those who weakened and fell were shot by the Germans. After hours of marching, some were crammed into closed train carriages for several days, without air, water, or food; many testify that these were the most painful experiences of their imprisonment, even more traumatic than the concentration camps. Pp. 75-109 discuss photographs as testimony, including interviews with photographers, and examples of photographs taken by the liberating soldiers. Includes bibliographical references. 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm