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The late Victorians : a short history
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In this reminiscence by Jack Herman (told to Ruth Cain), he remembers liberating the Gusen concentration camp (which was part of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex) in Austria. He talks about the physical conditions of the camp, the prisoners, dead bodies laying out and his duties to "clean up the mess left by the S.S." While visting with some of the survivors he came across one who stood out to him (it was the Italian painter Aldo Carpi). Herman ordered the man to be taken to his own personal quarters and to get any special care Carpi needed. Herman visited him everyday and Carpi eventually grew stronger and fully recovered. Herman and a fellow soldier named Peter, helped Carpi leave the camp and return home to Milan. Before leaving, Carpi painted a portrait of Herman, which in 1973 Herman still owned. The newspaper clippings include: an obituary for Carpi, an interview with Herman about Carpi (with a picture of Herman and his portrait), and Herman's obituary (all 1973).
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