Eisenhower's Holocaust Denial Prediction Safeguard

In April 1945, General Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany and saw the results of Nazi crimes with his own eyes. On the spot, he made a stark prediction that someday people would try to deny or downplay what had happened there. To guard against that, he ordered that soldiers, journalists, and officials take as many photographs and films as possible and witness the camp firsthand. Eisenhower wanted a permanent record so future generations could not credibly claim the Holocaust was a myth or an exaggeration.

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