Tag: World War II

  • Captain Ben Schaffer: Eyewitness to Horror

    Captain Ben Schaffer: Eyewitness to Horror

    The letter below was written by Captain (Dr.) Ben Schaffer to his wife Fagie Schaffer while he was in Austria at the end of World War II as one of the first medical staff to enter Mauthausen concentration camp. Captain Schaffer, a dentist serving in the medical corps of the…