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When American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, they expected the prisoners to rush the gates. Many did not. Chaplain William...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 16:1-8.
When American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, they expected the prisoners to rush the gates. Many did not. Chaplain William Ninety-Fifth Infantry Division later described inmates standing motionless behind the wire, staring at their liberators with hollow eyes, unable to process what was happening. Some wept silently. Others turned away and shuffled back to their bunks.…
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