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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.  🎥 Watch the full documentary on WorldHistory.tv  “Ebensee 1945: The Underground Hell and the Prisoners’ Revenge”  🔗 Link in bio & comments 👇  #History #WW2 #HolocaustRemembrance #Ebensee #MilitaryHistory

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00:00In early May 1945, shooting in the distance could be heard from inside the camp,

00:05and there was a sense among the prisoners that American and British forces were close at hand.

00:11On the 5th of May, the Camp Commandant Anton Gantz tried to get the remaining prisoners

00:16to enter one of the mountain tunnels. However, they refused, remained in their barracks,

00:21and the camp staff left, leaving only elderly Germans armed with rifles to guard the camp.

00:26When the prisoners realized that the SS had deserted the camp, they killed 52 camp

00:32functionaries who had collaborated with the SS to create the camp's hierarchy.

00:37Soon after the liberation, the American troops found that the tunnel into which the Evans

00:41Air Commandant had tried to lure the remaining inmates, allegedly to protect them, was full

00:46of explosives. By refusing to enter the tunnel, the prisoners had saved themselves from being

00:52blown up by the Germans.

00:56Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv

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The SS Set a Deadly Trap - But the Prisoners Fought Back

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