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Documenting the horrors of Mauthausen concentration camp

Name: Documenting the horrors of Mauthausen concentration camp
Uploaded: 2026-02-15T19:00:00-0500
Duration: 3 min 54 s
Description: At 22, Army medic LeRoy "Pete" Petersohn helped liberate the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen and documented its horrors in a letter home, testimony his son says Petersohn felt compelled to record for history.

At 22, Army medic LeRoy "Pete" Petersohn helped liberate the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen and documented its horrors in a letter home, testimony his son says Petersohn felt compelled to record for history.