00:00Some inmates swore to all that was sacred to them that if they could ever kill their SS guards,
00:05they would not hesitate. And they didn't. American soldiers allowed, and sometimes even
00:12encouraged the inmates to carry out retribution against their former captors, and SS men,
00:17capos, and informers were beaten badly with fists, sticks, and shovels.
00:23The prisoners' revenge started when they caught the SS guards,
00:26and one of them elbowed one of the two inmates out of his way. The prisoners knocked the guards down
00:31and killed them all. As one American soldier later said,
00:36we stood aside and watched while these guards were beaten to death,
00:40beaten so badly that their bodies were ripped open and in its protruded. We watched with less
00:45feeling than if a dog were being beaten. In truth, it might be said that we were completely without
00:50feeling. Deep anger and hate had temporarily numbed our emotions.
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