What did General Eisenhower do when he saw starving children at the Nazi camps in 1945, and why did he want everyone to see it?
In April, 1945 Eisenhower visited the Ohrdruf camp and observed things which were really messed up. He observed children who were mere bones and heaps of corpses all over. It was so much that general Patton even fell ill and had to turn his head but Eisenhower compelled himself to watch all of it.
He was not merely angry he was concerned about the future. He has famously said that one day some would attempt to say this never happened or call it fake news. He was aware of the shortness of human memory and that people love to distort the past to paint themselves in a more favorable light.
To prevent all those lies he was quick. He asked his crews to capture as many photos and videos as possible. He desired tons of film so that no one would challenge the facts in future. He would also take the local German civilians of nearby towns through the camp. He hoped they would see the starving survivors and the smell of the place so they could not claim ignorance of what was going on in the next door house.
He even invited politicians and reporters of the US and UK to fly to see it with their own eyes. He desired as many witnesses as he could have. He has done this, and we have all the evidence in books of history today. He ensured that the world did not forget what those innocent children had to go through. His scheme succeeded as everything evidences that it is too late to deny the truth.

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