Liberation of concentration camps

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LaPook, Sidney Advancing Through Germany
From there [Annotator's Note: the area around Bastone, Belgium], Sidney LaPook and his unit [Annotator's Note: 193rd...
Kaufman, Luna Arrival of the Russians and Freedom
Luna Kaufman and the concentration camp survivors stayed in place for a few days but the Russians were coming and...
Gross, Eva Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen
Eva Gross returned to Auschwitz as the war was nearing its end. Her mother was with her. Her mother was a very forward...
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...
Kelso, Robert Being wounded near the end of the war
Robert Kelso's unit had pulled up near a railroad track and dug in. He had heard that some of the guys went to a...
Baron, Judith Bergen-Belsen
Judith Baron experienced hell on earth at Bergen-Belsen. The camp was not prepared for the mass number of people...
Gross, Eva Bergen-Belsen to America
Eva Gross returned to Bergen-Belsen and stayed there for three years before immigrating to the United States. During...
Farley, Daniel Blackouts and Buchenwald
[Annotators Note: Daniel Farley served in the army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] When the war...
Berkman, Harold Buchenwald then End of War
Harold Berkman and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry...
Alexander, Vernon Combat and Horror in Germany
Vernon Alexander reached the Siegfried Line in Germany and found it to be sturdier than the Maginot Line. Entering 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...
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...
Kaufman, Luna Concentration Camps in Germany
Luna Kaufman was shipped to Germany to work for the same factory who owned them before [Annotator's Note: Kaufman was...
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...
Epperson, William Dachau
William Epperson saw the concentration camp at Dachau while he was stationed in Munich. The first attempt had been...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Final Months of the War
Before the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division moved out to make an assault on the formidable...
Acevedo, Anthony From Bad Orb to Berga
Anthony Acevedo was picked to be part of a group of 350 Jewish and other undesirables being sent to Berga in the Ulster...
Miksa, Robert Germany and Czechoslovakia
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and the 745th Tank Battalion passed right through the Siegfried Lines...
Swift, Robert Gunskirchen Death Camp
Robert Swift witnessed the atrocities at the Gunskirchen death camp. There were two different kinds of camps. In the...
Baron, Judith Hell at Bergen-Belsen
Judith Baron was imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen. It was absolutely hell. When they first arrived, they slept in tents. It...
Somogyi, Peter Homecoming
Peter Somogyi returned to his hometown and met his mother's cousin, Mickey, and some other male survivors [Annotator's...
Hirsekorn, Fred Liberating Dachau and POW Camps
[Annotators Note: Fred Hirsekorn served in the army as a gunner, then tank commander, and finally tank platoon...
Swift, Robert Liberating Death Camps and Souvenirs
Robert Swift did not meet any of the Russians at the end of the war although they did pass through his area. After the...
Somogyi, Peter Liberation
Peter Somogyi felt there was a chance he had been liberated when he saw a Russian soldier outside the window [Annotator...
Lesser, Benjamin Liberation, Loss, and Being Reunited with His Sister
Benjamin Lesser had arrived at the Dachau concentration camp in total exhaustion [Annotator's Note: following the...
Somogyi, Peter Mengele's Twins
Peter Somogyi was interrogated by Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele]. Somogyi cannot remember the nature of...
McConn, John "Jack" Munich and Dachau
John McConn arrived after Munich and the nearby terrible death camp had been captured and cleaned up. [Annotator’s Note...
Glass, Murray Postwar
Murray Glass hated the Nazis. For years after the war, he had no use for Germans. The German denial of the Holocaust...
Friedenberg, Bernard Postwar
Bernard Friedenberg passed through Camp Lucky Strike on his way home after the war. He remembers passing the Statue of...
Dawson, Zhanna Postwar Life
Zhanna Dawson met David Dawson after she arrived in the United States. They met in the Library of Congress while David...
Schloss, Eva Publishing the Diary of Anne Frank
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Puissegur, Baptiste Reflections
Baptiste Puissegur enjoyed being a civilian after his discharge. He was thankful for the Lord's protection during his...
Milkis, Abe Reflections
Abe Milkis found the German troops to be good fighters. At the end, the enemy soldiers were just a bunch of young kids...
Gross, Eva Reflections
Eva Gross and her Hungarian relatives seldom visited prior to the Nazi entry into Hungary. Gross did spend summers with...
Seltzer, Arthur Reflections
Arthur Seltzer matured very quickly as a result of the war. He was 18 when he was drafted and 19 on Omaha Beach. He...

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