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Internal intelligence report of the US Army on the liberated German concentration camp Dachau from 1945

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Author
Various anonymous authors from different US intelligence branches: 7th US Army military intelligence (G-2), Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC), and Psychological Warfare Branch (PWB)
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Editor
Major Alfred L. Howes, G-2 Section, 7th U.S. Army
Illustrator
T/Sgt John S. Denney, G-2 Section, 7th U.S. Army
Title
Dachau
Publisher
7th U.S. Army
Description
English: This is a 72 page intelligence report, originally intended for internal army use but soon having been unintentionally published. It was written by members of different (military) intelligence branches and agencies, lead by the G-2 section (cf. bottom of fourth page of pdf) of the 7th US Army which liberated the Dachau concentration camp near Munich, Germany, during the last days of World War II in Europe. It is a detailed account on nearly all aspects of the concentration camp Dachau and was written with assistance by former inmates, namely, e.g., members of the "International Prisoners' Committee", the names of which are listed on p. 67.
According to the third page of the pdf, it was prepared/written by three different intelligence agencies/branches, partly of the Army, partly of the US Ministry of War: the OSS (Office of Strategic Services), the CIC (Counter Intelligence Corps) and the PWB (Psychological Warfare Branch), probably organized by the G-2 intelligence branch of the 7th US Army. The publication date is not provided, it was later determined to be during May 1945. The digitization of this publication was made possible by the Tocker Foundation.
The foreword is signed by Colonel William Wilson Quinn, who later became Deputy Director of the Defence Intelligence Agency and Commanding General of the United States Army Europe. Therein, very strong words are chosen for the horrors with which the US liberators of Dachau were confronted.

Deutsch: 72-seitiger nachrichtendienstlicher Bericht (Abteilung G-2, siehe vierte Seite des PDF unten) der 7. US-Armee, die in den letzten Tagen des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Europa das Konzentrationslager Dachau bei München befreit hatte. Er wurde zunächst für die rein interne Verwendung in der US-Armee erstellt, um die Verbrechen der SS in dem KZ zu dokumentieren und eine Grundlage für eine Strafverfolgung der Täter zu schaffen. Unbeabsichtigt geriet er bald auch an Pressevertreter und kursierte in großer Zahl. Es handelt sich um einen detaillierten Bericht über fast alle Aspekte des Konzentrationslagers Dachau, der mit Unterstützung ehemaliger Insassen verfasst wurde, namentlich etwa der Mitglieder des "Internationalen Gefangenenausschusses", deren Namen auf S. 67 aufgeführt sind.
Gemäß der dritten Seite des PDFs wurde es von drei verschiedenen Geheimdienstabteilungen (der US Army bzw. des US-Kriegsministeriums) unter Leitung des Militärgeheimdienstes G-2 der 7. US-Armee erstellt. Die drei beteilgten Organisationen waren: OSS (Office of Strategic Services), CIC (Counter Intelligence Corps) und PWB (Psychological Warfare Branch). Das Veröffentlichungsdatum ist nicht angegeben, es wurde später zu Mai 1945 bestimmt. Die Digitalisierung dieser Veröffentlichung wurde von der US-amerikanischen Tocker Foundation ermöglicht.
Das Vorwort ist von Oberst (Colonel) William Wilson Quinn unterzeichnet, der später stellvertretender Direktor der Defense Intelligence Agency und kommandierender General der United States Army Europe wurde. Darin wurden sehr starke Worte zur Beschreibung des Grauens gewählt, mit dem die US-Befreier von Dachau konfrontiert waren.
Language English
Publication date May 1945
Current location
IA Collections: ushmm; usholocaustmemorialmuseum; fedlink; americana
Accession number
dachau00unse
Notes Cover and title are in the same page.
Source
Internet Archive identifier: dachau00unse
https://archive.org/download/dachau00unse/dachau00unse.pdf

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