EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT
Gross Rosen, February 1945
At the Appel prior to the death march out of Gross Rosen

The commandant of Gross Rosen, Arthur Roedl [United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Martin Mansson]
… Those were my last hours in Grossrosen. I lost my best friends. Images of unforgettable horrors were etched forever into my soul. Broken, and filled with painful, insane, tortured thoughts, I slowly marched out of the camp gate. Without thinking, I took my place the column as we marched five abreast.”