Liberation of concentration camps

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Gardner, Clinton Segment 8
Clinton Gardner never thought of his own death but watched a few hundred men die. Gardner got sick and threw up around...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 8
Currey didn't agree with the non-fraternization rule. There were apparently military fears that the Germans would...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 8
Schmedemann felt that the enemy they encountered [Annotator’s Note: during the Battle of the Bulge] were far superior...
Zager, Raymond Segment 8
Raymond Zager ended up joining an army chorus group to stay busy during his occupation duty. He travelled around and...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 9
Clinton Gardner notes that Elie Wiesel and his father were in the little camp at Buchenwald. Wiesel was in the camp...
Mann, Karl Segment 9
Aschaffenburg, Germany was secured quickly. The Germans sent word that they wanted to surrender but would only do so to...
Zager, Raymond Segment 9
Raymond Zager remembers all of the people greeting him at the gate of the concentration camp [Annotator's Note:...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Sixteenth Birthday and Dresden
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved from Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp and ghetto; Terezin,...
Aigner, Leslie Slave Laborer and Survivor
Leslie Aigner was working on a six foot thick concrete roof when a man fell in the steel reinforcement structure while...
Aigner, Eva Speaking About the Holocaust and Memorials
Eva Aigner and her husband decided to leave. They left through Austria and ended up in the United States. It is not...
Willette, Edward Special Services
Edward G. Willette was in Verviers, Belgium, and wrote home quite often. One of his letters described how, when the...
Fontana, Frank Supply Sergeant and V-E Day
Frank Fontana was a supply sergeant [Annotator's Note: in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion]. He had access to...
Finkelstein, Jacob Survival and Liberation
Jacob Finkelstein was desperate after fleeing the Ukrainians attempting to denounce him. He found an abandoned house...
Polonski, Bluma Surviving Auschwitz
Bluma Polonski remembers life in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Aigner, Eva Surviving the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
[Annotator's Note: Eva Aigner was a young Jewish girl from Kosice, Czechoslovakia. After the anti-Jewish laws were...
Baron, Judith Sweden
Judith Baron arrived in Sweden along with many other sick people on the ship [Annotator's Note: she departed from...
Albertson, Arthur Tank Warfare
Arthur Albertson did not see a concentration camp until quite some time later. He saw the ones where they [Annotator's...
Samuelson, Arne The Emotional Toll of War and Seeing Buchenwald
Arne Samuelson [Annotator’s Note: serving in the US Army’s 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate), a unit composed of...
Hull, Lester The End of the War
Lester Hull saw Munich near the end of the war. The war ended when they were a little bit east of the city. Hull saw...
Goldstein, Rosette The Hideaway and Her Father
Rosette Goldstein met her father at a farm after fleeing Paris. They adored each other. She was not afraid because he...
Murphy, Thomas The Maginot Line to Dachau
While moving through the Maginot Line a German soldier that had been bypassed took a shot at Thomas Murphy and hit his...
Rubin, Mark Theresienstadt
After being taken to Gestapo headquarters, Mark Rubin and his family were sent to the Sered transient camp [Annotator's...
Sapp, Walter Thoughts on Germans
A German soldier surrendered to Walter Sapp. He turned him over to the company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st...
Muller, Henry Thoughts on the Los Baños Raid
Henry Muller says that the XXIV Corp, Sixth US Army took over Bilibid prison [Annotator’s Note: Old Bilibid and New...
Swift, Robert Three Days in Dachau
Robert Swift was captured toward the end of the war. They had been advancing rapidly through Germany and were trying to...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Trains out of Bergen-Belsen
Micha Tomkiewicz, his mother, and one uncle, Stanislaw Tomkiewicz, were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They...
Gross, Ernest Transferred to Dachau
If a prisoner was lucky, he got a potato with his nightly ration of soup. Ernest Gross once watched a man going around...
Hagans, Benjamin Treatment after Liberation
When Benjamin Hagans was on the ship coming back, his teeth started to settle. He put on 17 pounds in three weeks. He...
Deiglmayr, Erna United Nations Work
[Annotator's Note: Erna Deiglmayr was part of a limited United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, or...
Steinfeld, Manfred War Winds Down
Manfred Steinfeld recalls that in April 1945, a special formation of Division Headquarters [Annotator's Note:...
Kanter, Joseph War's End
oseph Kanter [Annotator's Note: with 2nd Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division] saw a...
Nannini, James War's End
Towards the end of World War 2, James Nannini was located at an outpost near Innsbruck [Annotator's Note: Innsbruck,...
Becker, Irving War's End
Irving Becker had left Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] and was headed for Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]...
Epperson, William War's End
William Epperson and his battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division]...
Rice, Rip War's End
Rip Rice did not have many interactions with civilians. [Annotator’s Note: Rice had just entered Holland.] They were...
Drake, Joseph War's End
Joseph J. Drake fought all the way through to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic...

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