Minneapolis protesters are bearing witness

In April of 1945, the first concentration camp liberated by U.S. forces, was located in Ohrdruf, Germany. One week later, Gens. Dwight D Eisenhower, George S Patton, and Omar Bradley toured the grounds, witnessing the emaciated survivors of that forced labor camp, hastily abandoned by the retreating Nazi guards.

After learning civilians from the nearby town of Gotha staffed the facility, Gen. Eisenhower (elected U.S. President in 1953), ordered the entire population into the camp; not only to see the bodies stacked like cordwood, but to bury the dead.

Military photographers documented the horrors and journalists were encouraged to write the stories of prisoners who had seen and suffered inhumane treatment. Congressional delegations were invited to come so they could testify to the truth of what they saw. Eisenhower knew people living outside of Germany would find it hard to believe the carnage without accompanying documentation.

Today we are experiencing a totally opposite response to the crisis our president and his sycophants created. Citizens on the streets of Minneapolis are bearing witness to the truth by taking videos in real time, showing the world they are under attack by government funded, masked and armed, terrorists!

Gail Weitz

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