Dr Waitman Beorn exposes the criminality of the German Army in the Holocaust

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Dr Beorn’s talk, Killing the ‘Clean’ Wehrmacht: The Reality of the German Army and the Holocaust, draws from his book, Marching Into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus, published by Harvard University Press. 

The lecture was delivered during a week-long programme of events occurring around the world to commemorate 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops. 

During his introduction, the historian shared with the audience a bizarre historical coincidence. His wife had recently discovered, after receiving a relative's immigration documents, that her great uncle and a survivor of Auschwitz, had actually been relocated to Huddersfield after the war. Dr Beorn said the pair were looking forward to returning to the region to further explore the family's connection and to develop closer ties with the area.