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He says "we didn't know anything about it. Basically the Army had no idea these places existed. They knew of the rumors, but did not have the proof. The concentration camps were run by the SS, of course they were worst. The SS would put the 'bad prisoners' (people who committed crimes outside of camp) would be in charge of the prisoners who followed the rules. However when we liberated them, the prisoners knew who they were and went after them. When I got there I saw two prisoners beating a third to death with a board. It changed my perspective of the SS. Most the German army was drafted and just doing a job, but the SS were the real bad guys.

"He was among the guys who actually captured the camp. We were over there about 2 hours later."

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"Not specifically. We weren't there that long. They were too busy trying to find something to eat or kill a guard. Several guards were dead in the moat."

"They were not free. Some got out, but had to be rounded up because they were looting the stores. We needed to keep them in one place to get medics in there and food for them. But remember, the war was still raging so they wouldn't fared well outside of the camp at that point."