Terrence Des Pres (born 1939 Effingham, Illinois - November 16, 1987 Hamilton, New York) was an American writer, and Holocaust scholar.
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“One difference between Nazi and Soviet camps was that in the latter dying was a slower process.”
—Terrence Des Pres (1939–1987)
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