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(RUSSIAN PRISONERS REBEL AT DACHAU)

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(RUSSIAN PRISONERS REBEL AT DACHAU)
Fine content T.L.S. "Al" [typed] on "Raiders" (2nd Batt., 47th Inf.), Dachau, Feb. 24 [1946]. This soldier, part of the American forces occupying Dachau and in charge of Russian collaborator prisoners, writes of a mass riot by Russian collaborators at the camp. In part: "…a riot here in Cap Dachau…we started to ship them back into Russia…it was one bloody mess. They slit their own throats, hung themselves and even begged us guys to shoot them as they know that when they get back they'll get shot anyway…for being traitors…we have been escorting German PW's…some have been rather hard to handle and out of 300 that we started with I truthfully can say that at least 50 of them never will reach their destination just because they try to escape…I can hardly stand to live with my thoughts…" Very good.