sep 13, 1944 - US air forces bomb Buna

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American bomber planes attacked the
forced-labor factories at Buna, where the SS
was attempting to create synthetic oil and
rubber for the German war effort. This is a US
aerial reconnaissance photo of Buna. Wiesel wrote, “We were not afraid. And yet, if
a bomb had fallen on the blocks, it would
have claimed hundreds of inmates’ lives. But
we no longer feared death, in any event not
this particular death. Every bomb that hit
filled us with joy, gave us renewed
confidence.”

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