The Forgotten Massacres of Defenseless Soldiers in WWII
Ebensee 1945: The Underground Hell and the Prisoners’ Revenge
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Built into the Austrian Alps as part of Nazi Germany’s desperate underground weapons program, Ebensee became one of the cruelest concentration camps of the war. Thousands were starved, tortured, and worked to death in tunnels meant to house “miracle weapons.” When liberation came, the survivors unleashed their rage on the guards — vengeance born from the depths of unimaginable suffering.
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