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Kiniry, Andrew "Tim" 45th Evacuation Hospital
Andrew Kiniry rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: 45th Evacuation Hospital] at Eupen, Belgium near the German border....
Gross, Ernest Adjusting to Life After the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Ernest Gross gives talks in the schools to teach them not to hate and to get along with each other....
Taffel, Nathan America, Family Reunions and Going Back to Poland
Nathan Taffel came to the United States and lost contact with his brother in Argentina. Taffel had a brother-in-law in...
Somogyi, Peter Arrival at Auschwitz
Peter Somogyi arrived in mid-afternoon in the cattle cars [Annotator's Note: after a horrible three day journey in a...
Weiss, Charlotte Arrival at Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Charlotte Weiss is a Czechoslovakian born Jew who survived incarceration in a number of...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Arrival in Auschwitz
Itka Zygmuntowicz was 15 years old when she and her family were taken by train from the Nowe Miasto Ghetto. They rode...
Baron, Judith Arriving at Auschwitz
Judith Gidali Baron was born in 1928 in Hungary. She lived there until she was 15 years old. Her father and mother had...
Aigner, Leslie Auschwitz
Leslie Aigner and the other living passengers were ordered out of the cattle car [Annotator's Note: upon their arrival...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Auschwitz
Annaliese Nossbaum traveled for three days by train from Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp...
Schloss, Eva Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Gross, Eva Auschwitz
Eva Gross reached the place of selection at Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: she had just completed a terrible three day...
Lesser, Benjamin Auschwitz and Mass Murder
Upon entry into Auschwitz, Benjamin Lesser was told to go to a bathhouse and get undressed. Next, his hair was to be...
Baron, Judith Auschwitz Terror
Judith Baron lived in a long barrack at Auschwitz. There was a stove in the middle that may have been intended to warm...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Back to Germany
Blanche Gangwere went to Bad Neuenahr, Germany on the Danube River near Cologne. She always wanted to make it to Bonn...
Aldouby, Sara Background
Sara Aldouby was originally known as Sara Schindler. Her mother's family was from Romania and her father's family was...
Hoff, Russell D. Bad Orb
Russell Hoff reached Bad Orb and was assigned to a barracks in the camp. When a group of Americans killed a German...
Carver, Jack Battle of the Bulge
Jack Carver felt that he [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] had caught the Army flatfooted. The American...
Segal, Harvey Battle of the Bulge
Harvey Segal fought through France and then into Luxembourg and Belgium. His battalion [Annotator's Note: 37th Field...
Schloss, Eva Being witht he Russian Army after Liberation
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Lesser, Benjamin Birkenau and Selection
Benjamin Lesser arrived at Birkenau after a long journey in a cattle car. It was adjacent to Auschwitz. Birkenau was...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Camp Life and Liberation
Micha Tomkiewicz was about three years old when he was put in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with his mother and...
Cook, Francis "Frank" Captured in the Battle of the Bulge
Francis J. Cook went from England to France in late September or early October 1944. The 106th [Annotator's Note: 106th...
McCool, William Combat in Germany
William McCool and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry...
Sarosi, George Communism in Budapest
George A. Sarosi grew up hating the Russians. He did not hate the Germans as much because they were more remote. The...
Medicine Crow, Joseph Concentration Camps
After Joseph Medicine Crow had spent time in Italy, he returned to southern Germany then went to Poland. It was there...
Cohn, Marthe Concentration Camps
While in Germany as a spy, Marthe Cohn was only in the south where there were no concentration camps. On the day of the...
Quigley, Tom Concentration Camps and Culture Shock
After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...
Gross, Ernest Conditions at Kaufering
Ernest Gross, a prisoner at Kaufering [Annotator's Note: Kaufering; subcamp of Dachau; Landsberg am Lech, Germany],...
Kibort, Reva Czestochowa Labor Camp
Reva Kibort and other inmates were gathered up again and put into boxcars [Annotator's Note: the inmates were forced to...
Frydman, Louis Dachau and Liberation
Louis Frydman ended up in Allach, which was a sub-camp in the Dachau complex of camps. The prisoners were being sent...
Baron, Judith Dachau Work Camp
Judith Baron and her sister were taken by cattle car to a work camp in Germany. They had been in Auschwitz which was...
Goldstein, Elizabeth Death March and Ghetto Experiences
During the death march from the ammunition factory to the Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp in Germany, Elizabeth...
Lesser, Benjamin Death March from Auschwitz to Dachau
Benjamin Lesser could hear the front closing in on the rock quarry where they worked. The inmates were told that they...
Schloss, Eva Death Marches and Liberation
There was cholera, dysentery and skin illnesses [Annotator's Note: inside the Auschwitz concentration camp]. Eva...
Sarosi, George Denial, Fear then Resistance
George A. Sarosi's parents were fully aware of what was happening in Germany prior to the war. His father had been...
Gross, Eva Deportation
Right after Passover in 1944 [Annotator's Note: after 14 April 1944. The Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944.], Eva...

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