過去半個世紀發表的大量文章和書籍都試圖理解亨利·基辛格作為國家安全顧問、國務卿和美國總統紅顏知己的角色，更不用說他作為矛盾的美國猶太人的地位了。尼爾·弗格森的基辛格，卷。1923 年至 1968 年 1 月 1 日：《理想主義者》是第一個用幾頁篇幅來探討基辛格戰時軍事服役中迄今為止尚未探討的方面的人：他解放了集中營。正如弗格森所解釋的那樣：“1945 年 4 月 10 日，就在蓋世太保潛伏小組被圍捕的前幾天，基辛格和第 84 師的其他成員偶然發現了阿勒姆集中營，直面大屠殺。多年來，基辛格都沒有談論過這一事件。事實上，他的存在之所以被曝光，是因為他的一位美國大兵同事、一位名叫弗農·托特的無線電操作員決定公布他那天拍攝的照片。基辛格後來承認，見到阿勒姆是“我一生中最可怕的經歷之一”。

基辛格寫了一封長達兩頁的信，描述了他在最初被送往阿勒姆的 850 名猶太人中倖存的 35 名營養不良囚犯時的感受。年輕的基辛格在解放後幾周內表達的這些非常原始的情感一直隱藏在他的論文中，他於 1977 年將這些論文捐贈給國會圖書館，直到弗格森將它們發表在他的新書中。基辛格以“永恆的猶太人”為題，對他所看到的景象進行了以下赤裸裸、可怕的描述：

Henry Kissinger, pictured right, with other soldiers of his unit, with German children during World War II. During the American's advance into his homeland, despite only being a private, Kissinger was put in charge of the administration of the city of Krefeld, thanks to him being a German language speaker. He went on to see the liberation of the Ahlem concentration camp

Henry Kissinger, arguably the most identifiable secretary of state in modern times, died at the age of 100 on Wednesday having witnessed first hand some of the most significant historical events that went on to shape our world today. Pictured: Kissinger is seen as a young man during his time in the US Army's 84th Infantry Division at Camp Claiborne

The concentration camp of Ahlem was built on a hillside overlooking Hannover. Barbed wire surrounded it. And as our jeep traveled down the street skeletons in striped suits lined the road. There was a tunnel in the side of the hill where the inmates worked 20 hours a day in semi-darkness.

阿勒姆集中營建在俯瞰漢諾威的山坡上。鐵絲網將其包圍。當我們

的吉普車沿着街道行駛時，穿着條紋西裝的骷髏就排列在路邊。

山坡上有一條隧道，犯人每天在半黑暗中工作20個小時。

I stopped the jeep. Cloth seemed to fall from the bodies, the head was held up by a stick that once might have been a throat. Poles hang from the sides where arms should be, poles are the legs. 'What's your name?' And the man's eyes cloud and he takes off his hat in anticipation of a blow. 'Folek… Folek Sama.' 'Don't take off your hat, you are free now.'

And as I say it, I look over the camp. I see the huts, I observe the empty faces, the dead eyes. You are free now. I, with my pressed uniform, I have lived in filth and squalor, I haven't been beaten and kicked. What kind of freedom can I offer? I see my friend enter one of the huts and come out with tears in his eyes. 'Don't go in there. We had to kick them to tell the dead from the living.'

That is humanity in the 20th century. People reach such a stupor of suffering that life and death, animation or immobility can't be differentiated any more. And then, who is dead and who is alive, the man whose agonized face stares at me from the cot or Folek Sama, who stands with bowed head and emaciated body? Who was lucky, the man who draws circles in the sand and mumbles 'I am free' or the bones that are interred in the hillside?

Folek Sama, your foot has been crushed so that you can't run away, your face is 40, your body is ageless, yet all your birth certificate reads is 16. And I stand there with my clean clothes and make a speech to you and your comrades.

Folek Sama, humanity stands accused in you. I, Joe Smith, human dignity, everybody has failed you. You should be preserved in cement up here on the hillside for future generation[s] to look upon and take stock. Human dignity, objective values have stopped at this barbed wire. What differentiates you and your comrades from animals[?] Why do we in the 20th century countenance you?

Yet, Folek, you are still human. You stand before me and tears run down your cheek. Hysterical sobbing follows. Go ahead and cry, Folek Sama, because your tears testify to your humanity, because they will be absorbed in this cursed soil, dedicating it.

As long as conscience exists as a conception in this world you will personify it. Nothing done for you will ever restore you.

You are eternal in this respect.

阿勒姆集中營建在俯瞰漢諾威的山坡上。鐵絲網將其包圍。當我們的吉普車沿着街道行駛時，穿着條紋西裝的骷髏就排列在路邊。山坡上有一條隧道，犯人每天在半黑暗中工作20個小時。



我停下了吉普車。衣服似乎從屍體上掉落下來，頭部被一根曾經可能是喉嚨的棍子支撐着。杆子掛在手臂應該在的地方，杆子是腿。“你叫什麼名字？” 那人的眼神變得陰沉起來，他摘下帽子，準備挨一擊。“福萊克……福萊克大人。” “別脫帽子，你現在自由了。”



當我這麼說的時候，我環視了營地。我看到那些小屋，我觀察那些空洞的面孔，死氣沉沉的眼睛。你現在自由了。我穿着熨燙的制服，生活在污穢骯髒之中，沒有挨過拳打腳踢。我可以提供什麼樣的自由？我看到我的朋友走進一間小屋，出來時眼裡含着淚水。“別進去。我們必須踢他們才能區分死者和生者。”



這就是20世紀的人類。人到了痛苦昏迷的地步，生與死、動靜已無法分別。那麼，誰是死者，誰是活者，是那個在小床上用痛苦的臉盯着我的男人，還是低着頭、瘦弱的身體站着的福萊克·薩瑪？誰是幸運的，是那個在沙子上畫圈、咕噥着“我自由了”的人，還是那些埋在山坡上的白骨？



福萊克·薩瑪，你的腳被壓碎了，你無法逃跑，你的臉已經40歲了，你的身體不老了，但你的出生證明上寫的是16歲。我穿着乾淨的衣服站在那裡向你發表演講和你的戰友們。



福萊克薩瑪，人性在你身上受到了指控。我，張三，人的尊嚴，每個人都辜負了你。你應該用水泥保存在山坡上，供子孫後代瞻仰和盤點。人的尊嚴、客觀價值都止步於這道鐵絲網之上。你和你的戰友與動物有什麼區別[？]為什麼我們在20世紀會支持你？



然而，福萊克，你仍然是人類。你站在我面前，淚水順着臉頰流下來。接下來是歇斯底里的抽泣。繼續哭泣吧，福萊克·薩瑪，因為你的眼淚證明了你的人性，因為它們將被這片被詛咒的土壤所吸收，奉獻它。



只要良心作為一個概念存在於這個世界上，你就會將它人格化。為你所做的一切都無法讓你恢復。



在這方面你是永恆的。

                  美軍第84步兵師部分士兵合影

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2005 年，弗農·托特出版了一本“一英寸厚的自製書”，其中收錄了 他的阿勒姆解放者同伴的故事以及他用背心口袋相機拍攝的照片。2007 年，他準備了一部關於他解放了阿勒姆的部隊的紀錄片。《阿勒姆天使》由佛羅里達大學紀錄片研究所製作。該影片於 2007 年 5 月在紐約市林肯中心的一次活動中首映，觀眾中有十幾名阿勒姆集中營的倖存者。就在電影上映前，亨利·基辛格發表了以下言論，這些言論並未出現在弗格森的傳記中，但這些言論表明了他在阿勒姆作為一名年輕大兵時所看到的對他一生的影響：

“I speak to many groups and have many opportunities to express myself, but I can say that there’s no group that means as much to me as this particular group this evening and I am proud that you have let me come here. I was with the 84th Infantry Division. I started out in G Company of the 335th Regiment, digging foxholes in Louisiana. When the division moved to Germany, I was still with the G Company of the 335th Regiment and one day our General came on inspection and called me over and said, “soldier explain what’s going on here” to me. So I did. Next thing I knew, I was transferred to the G-2 section, which dealt with intelligence. And in that capacity, I then served with the 84th Infantry Division when it took Hanover. And in the outskirts of Hanover, as the survivors here know, was the concentration camp—or labor camp—of Ahlem. And I of course had read about concentration camps. Later on I found out, I knew that my grandmother and many members of my family were sent to concentration camps. In fact, thirteen of my family died in concentration camps, including my grandmother. But I could not imagine what it was like, I had never seen people degraded to the level that people were in Ahlem. They barely looked human. They were skeletons. I don’t have to tell this to the survivors. In fact, they were such skeletons that it was dangerous to give them solid food because some of them could not digest it. It was the single most shocking experience I have ever had, and that’s been impressed on my memory.

“我與許多團體交談，並有很多機會表達自己，但我可以說，沒有哪個團體對我來說比今晚這個特定的團體更重要，我很自豪你們讓我來到這裡。我當時在第84步兵師。我從第 335 團 G 連開始在路易斯安那州挖散兵坑。當該師轉移到德國時，我還在335團的G連，有一天我們的將軍來視察，把我叫過去，對我說：“士兵解釋一下這裡發生了什麼”。所以我做了。接下來我就知道，我被調到了 G-2 部門，負責情報工作。當第 84 步兵師占領漢諾威時，我以這個身份在該師服役。正如這裡的倖存者所知，在漢諾威郊區是阿勒姆集中營（或勞動營）。我當然讀過有關集中營的內容。後來我才知道，我的祖母和我的很多家人都被送到了集中營。事實上，我的家人中有十三人死於集中營，其中包括我的祖母。但我無法想象那是什麼樣子，我從來沒有見過人們墮落到阿勒姆那樣的水平。他們看起來幾乎不像人類。他們是骷髏。我不必把這件事告訴倖存者。事實上，它們的骨骼如此發達，給它們提供固體食物是很危險的，因為它們中的一些無法消化。這是我所經歷過的最令人震驚的經歷，並且給我留下了深刻的印象。

There were many articles written about me and they say I was traumatized by what happened in Nazi Germany as a child. That’s nonsense! When I was in Nazi Germany, they were not yet killing people. I left in ’38. But the traumatic event was to see Ahlem. That is when one saw the bestiality of the system and the degradation of human beings and there is nothing I am more proud of of my service to this country than having been one of those who had the honor of liberating the Ahlem Concentration Camp. And it is something we must not forget. It’s an obligation we all have. I don’t talk about it much, because people won’t understand it, who haven’t been through it. But I salute the survivors here, and I’d be honored if they came up here and had a picture taken with me. I want to thank you all.”

有很多關於我的文章，他們說我小時候在納粹德國發生的事情給我帶來了創傷。那是胡說八道！當我在納粹德國的時候，他們還沒有殺人。我是38年離開的。但最痛苦的事情是見到阿勒姆。那時，人們看到了制度的獸性和人類的墮落，沒有什麼比我成為有幸解放阿勒姆集中營的人之一更為我為這個國家所做的貢獻而感到自豪的了。這是我們不能忘記的。這是我們所有人都有的義務。我不多說，因為沒有經歷過的人不會理解。但我向這裡的倖存者致敬，如果他們能來到這裡與我合影，我將感到榮幸。我要感謝你們大家。”

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