... was difficult for many people to comprehend and, moreover, accept. Those who visited concentration camps after the war in Eastern Europe were confronted by things that, in the words of United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, beggar description. 1 What so shocked those observers initially in 1945 was in ... as well, and prepared for the day that they knew would not be distant. The real turning point for Italy came not on July 25 but on September 8, when the aforementioned Allied Commander in Chief General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy s unconditional surrender. Shortly thereafte...

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