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Klein, Gerda Liquidating the Ghetto
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, a young Jewish girl during the Nazi occupation of Poland, can be very difficult to...
Herszenberg, Tola Lodz Ghetto
Tola Herszenberg was born in Lodz [Annotator's Note: Łódź, Poland] in October 1921. She had an older brother. She was...
Levy, Anne Lodz Ghetto
Anne Levy was in Lodz, Poland in 1939 when the Germans entered the city. Inhabitants thought the men would be arrested...
Burk, Jeannine Losing Her Father
After the war, Jeannine Burk continued to search for her father with her mother. People would gradually return from the...
Finder, Rena Losing Her Father
Rena Finder said it was a time when neighbor would turn on neighbor, and regrettably she sees the face of hate showing...
Bloch, Itka Losing Her Sister
Itka Bloch worked in a synagogue. Her older sister worked in a shop. They would sew German uniforms. [Annotator's Note...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Loss of Family
Z. Anthony Kruszewski’s brother was supposed to capture a radio station. They were being killed by the Germans. His...
Werner, Jack Luck
Jack Werner often wonders if the younger generation could have done what his generation did. His story should be titled...
Bollich, James Manchuria
James Bollich remained in Korea for about six weeks. From Korea, he took a train to Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note...
Langrehr, Henry Man’s Inhumanity to Man
All Henry Langrehr knows about Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz I; Oświęcim, Poland]] is what he saw. The people...
Klein, Gerda Marched Out of the Camp
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...
Haffner, Robert Marching into Germany
While marching through the Ardennes, Robert Haffner recalls a German jet flying overhead and firing on the 82nd...
Miller, Rudolph Marrying a Holocaust Survivor
Rudolph C. Miller met his wife [Annotator's Note: Freda Miller, formerly Freda Feuer] on the street. It was snowing and...
Sherman, Joyce Marrying Her Pen Pal
Joyce Sherman had a pen pal. She had a cousin who was an Army nurse stationed in Italy and was corresponding with a...
Rothenberg, Judith Marseilles, Nice and Escape Attempt
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child at the time of the war] arrived in Marseilles [Annotator's...
Asher, Adolph Memorable Moments
Adolph Edward Asher was in Hattiesburg [Annotator's Note: Hattiesburg, Mississippi] at Camp Shelby when he got out of...
Aldouby, Sara Memories of Terezin
Sara Aldouby grew up in a small village in Hungary. Her family called her "my pillow" because she used to carry around...
Somogyi, Peter Mengele's Twins
Peter Somogyi was interrogated by Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele]. Somogyi cannot remember the nature of...
Tarantelli, Armand Military Police in Europe
[Annotator's Note: There is another person in the room off screen that interjects to help interviewee with the...
Hagans, Benjamin Mindanao Death March
Benjamin Hagans was on a PT boat [Annotator’s Note: patrol torpedo boat] that brought MacArthur [Annotator's Note:...
Barrett, Elizabeth Missing in Action
Elizabeth Barrett was at a loss, she said, as to her own husband's whereabouts or well being. When he got back to the...
Somogyi, Peter Mock Trial of Dr. Josef Mengele
Peter Somogyi and his brother attended the mock trial held for Dr. Mengele. [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele was a...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Moved to Bergen-Belsen
Micha Tomkiewicz and his mother were in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland when his father was killed after escaping...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Moved to the Nowe Miasto Ghetto
Itka Zygmuntowicz lived in Ciechanów, Poland when the Nazis started rationing food. There was a lot of starvation. They...
Alexander, Joseph Moving Around Europe
Joseph Alexander and some friends lived in a DP [Annotator's Note: displaced persons] camp in Munich [Annotator's Note...
Pigott, Joe Moving Through Germany
According to Joe Pigott, after December 1944, he could feel a change in the citizenry of Germany. Most were "ready to...
Watson, Donald Moving through Germany
Donald G. Watson and his unit [Annotator's Note: 271st Engineer Combat Battalion, 71st Infantry Division] moved through...
Bouton, Helen Munkacs to Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton and her family were placed in a small ghetto in their neighborhood in Irshava,...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Mutthausen
Annaliese Nossbaum and her mother were prisoners at Auschwitz [Annotator’s Note: Auschwitz; a complex of over 40...
Rupp, William Navy IBM Specialist
William Rupp was trained to maintain, repair, and operate IBM machines by the Navy. He also attended night school...
Kaufman, Luna Nazi Brutality
Luna Kaufman was not frightened when the Germans first entered Poland [Annotator's Note: on 1 September 1939]. At that...
Foy, John Nazi Concentration Camps
When John Foy's unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division] came...
Malec, Henry Near Death Experiences
There were several instances when Henry Malec could have been killed. While advancing on the German city of Regensburg...
Schulman, Shirley New Jobs
While her husband, Hyman, was deployed overseas in Europe during World War 2, Shirley Sandy Schulman found a job as a...
Weinthal, Siegfried New Life in America
Siegfried Weinthal was born in February 1929 in Esens, Germany, a small town in Northern Germany. His childhood did not...
Medway, Irwin Nordhausen Concentration Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads from articles...

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