29. [As the War Ends, Winston Churchill Sends a Delegation to Report on Buchenwald] Stanhope, James Richard

BUCHENWALD CAMP: THE REPORT OF A PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION PRESENTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER [ET AL] TO PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY, APRIL 1945.

London, H.M. Stationery Office, 1945. Item #42389

1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 7 + [1] pages, 25 cm. Published just as the war in Europe was ending and immediately after the liberation of Buchenwald by American forces April 11, 1945, this 8 page report, presented by the Prime Minister Winston Churchill and others to the British Parliament, describes what was found when, nine days later, a delegation of British Parliamentarians were sent by Winston Churchill to “have ocular and first-hand proof of (the) atrocities.” The delegates’ report closes: “We have endevoured to write with restraint and objectivity…(however) the memory of what we saw and heard at Buchenwald will haunt us ineffaceably for many years.”Includes many details of prisoner prisoner demographics and prisoner treatment by the Germans. Included are details of the hanging of Hitler in effigy in the camp, description of concentration camp monetary scrip prisoners could earn for working at the munitions factory, and the use of women as prostitutes. Series: Great Britain. Parliament. Papers by command; Cmd. 6626SUBJECT(S): World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps. OCLC: 650007016. A colleague offers a folded/creased copy on ebay for $2000; buy our excellent copy at a fraction of that price. Very Good+ Condition. (B) (Holo2-160-30-XX-LGGAVMMCCE*-BBX-'l).

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