Aaron A. Eiferman Letter: Page 1 [LCID: 2015exr0]
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Aaron A. Eiferman Letter: Page 1

Aaron A. Eiferman, a member of the 12th Armored Division, wrote this letter to his wife in the United States. Writing "We have seen what can be called the living dead," he describes his experiences as the 12th overran a Dachau subcamp in the Landsberg area on April 27, 1945.

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How does this letter help illustrate what US soldiers perceived as they encountered concentration camps, mass graves, and other sites of Nazi crimes?


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Aaron A. Eiferman
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