Dachau: The Harrowing of Hell

Copyright

The Harrowing of Hell DACHAU The HarrolNing of Hell Marcus .J. Smith State University of Ne\N York Press Originally published as The Harrowing ofHell: Dachau © 1972, The University of New Mexico Press Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 1995 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Marcus J. [Harrowing of hell] Dachau : the harrowing of hell / Marcus J. Smith. - [New ed.] p. cm. ISBN 0-7914-2525-8. - ISBN 0-7914-2526-6 (pbk.) 1. Dachau (Germany: Concentration camp) 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-Germany. 3. Holocaust survivors-Germany. 4. World War, 1939-1945-Health aspects-Germany. 5. World War, 1939-1945Refugees . 6. World War, 1939-1945-Personal narratives, American. 7. Smith, Marcus J. I. Title. II. Title: Harrowing of hell. D805.G3S596 1994 940.53'18'094336-dc20 94-35252 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Patricia, Frederick, Peter, Andrew, and others ofthe postWorld War II generation in the hope that their knowledge ofa police state is gained only from reading. We lived in this place as prisoners and dead shadows for long years. We had the courage and patience to endure the greatest suffering that human history has ever known. We were submitted to the most cruel tyranny ofthe world. But now we are free. Dr. Ali Kuci, Communique No. 20, Oachau, 1945 ...