An excerpt from an intelligence report and deposition of Kurt Gerstein, an eyewitness to mass gassings, April 16, 1945.

This is an intelligence report and deposition of First Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein. Gerstein was in charge of the gassings at several concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Although he had anti-Nazi sentiments, he was an eyewitness to multiple gassings at Nazi concentration camps.

Citation Information
Gerstein, Kurt, excerpt from “Intelligence report and deposition,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/16e4e024198247a123a52d5640120d91.
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Courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries via Digital Commonwealth.

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