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Photo courtesy of Harry S Trum
entration camp
Survivors of the Amphing conc
any, liberated
Germ
,
hing
on 4 May 1945 in Amp
ps.
by United States Third Army troo
than you think.
Yes, I am guilty otherwise
duty earlier
I should have known my
e more sharply—
And called evil by its nam
ble too long…
My judgment I kept flexi
elf of this:
In my heart I accuse mys
ng
I deceived my conscience lo
—
I lied to myself and others
urse of this misery —
co
le
ho
w
e
th
ew
kn
I
ly
Ear
enough or clearly!
rd
ha
t
no
t
bu
d—
ne
ar
w
I
am guilty.
Today I know of what I
o
d former Nazi, wh
r, German poet an
fe
ho
us
n,
Ha
iso
pr
ht
in
ec
br
ed
—Al
and plac
Nazi Party. Arrested
turned against the
ds April 1945.
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)
hutzstaffel (SS ar
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by
ed
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ex
s
he wa