Acevedo says he was one of six medics among the 350 U.S. soldiers at Berga.
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Political prisoners from other countries were held at Berga separate from the Americans.
CNN: WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence: 'Let it be known'
Vogel and Cohen, both Jewish, were forced to stand in front of the barracks at Berga, with no food or water.
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Norman Fellman, another Berga survivor, was one of the men on the wooden cart pushed by Acevedo so many years ago.
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Asked what it would mean if the U.S. Army officially recognized the soldiers of Berga six decades later, Acevedo, now 84, wept.
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Not a single Berga survivor was allowed to testify at the trial.
CNN: After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp
"We've also used birth control pills to eliminate periods in women suffering from endometriosis, " said Dr. Sarah Berga, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
He and the other soldiers were once taken to what Acevedo believes was the main camp of Buchenwald, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Berga.
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The U.S. troops held at the Berga compound were no exception.
CNN: WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence: 'Let it be known'
They want desperately to know why the U.S. government commuted the death sentences of the two Berga commanders, Erwin Metz and his superior, Hauptmann Ludwig Merz.
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It turns out that one of the first U.S. soldiers to provide Charles Vogel with the name of the German commander at Berga was Anthony Acevedo.
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The two Berga commanders -- Erwin Metz and his superior, Hauptmann Ludwig Merz -- were tried for war crimes and initially sentenced to die by hanging.
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"At Berga, captured soldiers were forced to endure inhumane conditions and suffer from the Nazi policy of physical destruction through labor, " Baca and Bachus said in their letter to Geren.
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There are only 12 known Berga survivors still living.
CNN: Lawmakers to Army chief: Honor soldiers held as slaves by Nazis
He found, buried in a closet in his house, dozens of original documents that his uncle kept -- letters from the War Department, the petition to Truman and documents from Berga survivors.
CNN: After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp
One week later, Charles Vogel fired off a terse, four-page response, expressing outrage and urging the government to try the men again, this time allowing Berga survivors to testify about what they endured.
CNN: After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp
She had written Charles Vogel on July 12, 1946, telling him that her beloved boy died a horrible death at Berga, a subcamp of Buchenwald where thousands of Jews and other political prisoners were killed.
CNN: After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp
Working pro bono, Charles Vogel contacted more than 100 survivors of the Nazi slave camp after the war and built a case against the two Berga commanders: Erwin Metz and his superior, Hauptmann Ludwig Merz.
CNN: After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp
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