Allied officers, probing the putrescent wound of Buchenwald, unexpectedly discovered a sound human core which promised much for the future of Germany—2,000 German prisoners who had a plan for a liberal, anti-fascist Reich.
Would the future leaders of Germany come from the ranks of these forgotten men? They were of many persuasions: Communist, Catholic, Socialist, Jew, and some of no particular faith who had been imprisoned because they had listened to the British radio or because their wives were coveted by SS bullies. They had spent long nights of talk and long days of comradeship with persecuted men of other nations....