Terror at Buchenwald: The Rise of Hermann Pister
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On 8 April 1945, starving prisoners at Buchenwald risked execution to send a secret SOS to the advancing U.S. Army: “They want to evacuate us. The SS want to destroy us.” Three days later, American troops liberated the camp—and uncovered horrors beyond imagination: mass graves, torture chambers, piles of corpses, and human remains preserved as trophies. Behind this system of terror was SS commandant Hermann Pister, a loyal servant of the Nazi regime who oversaw mass murder, torture, and death transports. This is the story of his rise, his crimes—and his long-delayed justice.
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