The exaggerations in Jeffrey Goldberg's article, "THE EXAGGERATORS," which appeared in the Feb. 8 issue of The New Republic, and the weaknesses that undermine a background report on the LIBERATORS prepared for the American Jewish Committee by Kenneth S. Stern will be exposed. The Goldberg article and the Stern report, along with the mounting questions about the accuracy of portions of the film about World War II black soldiers (that portrays in part the liberation of Nazi concentration camps), had a major impact on the decision by Thirteen/WNET and THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE to formally withdraw the film from U.S. broadcast distribution on February 11, 1993, pending the "FINDINGS OF THE REVIEW TEAM". Also exposed, are the faults in the subsequent report prepared for Thirteen/WNET by Morton Silverstein, that formed the basis for sustaining the decision to withdraw the film from any further PBS broadcasts.

The featured information by DIG is based upon: recent extensive personal (face to face) interviews with Commanding Officers and veterans of the 183rd Eng. Combat Battalion and the 761st Tank Battalion.(Video taped); an independent review by DIG of the historical records as found in the National Archives; consultations with such institutions as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Japanese-American 552nd FA Bn Dachau Research Committee; and examination of materials supplied by the films producers, William Miles , Nina Rosenblum, Thirteen/WNET, and Lou Potter co-author of the companion book.