Evening star., 1945-07-01
Atrocities
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atrocity Aim and your Job in
Germany" an indoctrination picture
for American occupation troops.
The addresses were broadcast by
Radio Station WMAL.
Scores Maxi Creed
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of
Utah, chairman of the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee, scored the
"Nazi Greed" and called on Amer
leans to demonstrate to others the
kind of faith in man that makes
democracy a living thing"
Other speakers included Repre-
sentative Short, Republican, Mo-;
Representative Mott, Republican,
Oregon; DR.. Luther H. Evans, Libra
rian OF Congress; Raymond p.
Brandt, ST. Louis Post-Dispatch. and
B. M. McKelway. associate editor of
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Public, reaction to the double dis
play of atrocities, both In the huge
enlarged photographs. and In the
motion pictures, was one of horror,
but unanimous recommendation
that the adult public ought to see
them.
The murals may be seen daily at
the Library of Congress, Sundays,
1880 am. to 10 pm; Saturdays,
from 8 am to 6 pm, and other
week days, from am. to 10 pm.
Free Admission.
The motion pictures start on a
schedule of two weeks showings to-
morrow afternoon, as shown on the
schedule with this story. Admission
is free, but no children under Is will
be admitted.
All speakers stressed the origin of
the public interest in Nazi concen-
'tration camp crimes to Gen. Eisen-
hover and others. who were so out
ragged by personally seeing the
camps that they called for personal
tours to Europe by members of
Congress and by editors and pub
fishers.
On the. tour, Senator Thomas de-
clared, "We saw the unspeakable
conditions existing in these camps,
where the Nazi policy of liquida-
tion of personnel from all of Con-
tinental Europe. particularly demo-
cratic or liberal leaders, was car
ried out through the devices OF
starvation and abuse" He referred
to determination factories, with
beatings, tortures, incredibly crowd
ed sleeping conditions, sickness,
medical experiments whereby pris-
oners were used as human guinea
pigs, the body-disposal plants and
the hanging and strangulation de-
vices used to mechanize wholesale
executions"
Cut Down for Beliefs.
Pointing out that in the Nazi
theory, "the state is ALL Senator
Thomas declared: Democracy and
totalitarianism cannot exist In the
same world" Referring to the re-
turn of Americas armed forces to
the United States, he said: Let us
hope taat the reality of the spirit
of hate and slavery encountered by
these men In Germany today will
not be forgotten as they attempt to
strengthen democracy"
Representative Short painted a
vivid picture of the scenes of un-
speakable horror and indescribable
misery which we witnessed" He ex-
planned that the prisoners he saw
were political prisoners" adding,
II found no American or British
soldiers in these concentration
camps"
Millions of the most intelligent
and democratic people of all Europe,
including Germans themselves" he
declared, "were exterminated merely
because they refused to accept the
Nazi philosophy of government, or
Hitler's theology Of stateisfn."
vouches for Photos.
A round OF applause greeted his
demand that "a nation that lives
by the sword will perish with the
sword its high leaders
rubbed out"
I'VE must avoid revenge" he