We continue to uncover German concentration camps... in which conditions of indescribable horror prevail. I have visited one of these myself and I assure you that whatever has been printed on them to date has been understatement. If you could see any advantage in asking about a dozen leaders of Congress and a dozen prominent editors to make a short visit to this theater in a couple of C-54's, I will arrange to have them conducted to one of these places where the evidence of bestiality and cruelty is so overpowering as to leave no doubt in their minds about the normal practices of the Germans in these camps. I am hopeful that some British individuals in similar categories will visit the northern area to witness similar evidence of atrocity.
—Telegram from General Eisenhower to General Marshall, April, 1945
Courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
The American reaction to the conditions in German concentration camps heavily influenced
A.
U.S. participation in the Nuremberg trials.
B.
U.S. atrocities against German soldiers.
C.
U.S. approval of the Soviet war crime trials.
D.
U.S. refusal to release German prisoners.
1 answer
A. U.S. participation in the Nuremberg trials.