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Polito, Felix Anzio Breakout and Being Wounded
Felix Polito and the 1st Special Service Force were part of the breakout from Anzio beachhead. They were about ten...
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...
Gross, Eva Auschwitz
Eva Gross reached the place of selection at Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: she had just completed a terrible three day...
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...
Howland, John Becoming a Navigator
John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...
Lauderdale, Dell Becoming an Army Military Policeman
Dell Lauderdale went home after completing his service in the Marine Corps. After six months out of the military, he...
Miksa, Robert Breakout and the Bulge
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: the 745th Tank Battalion] fought through...
Seltzer, Arthur Concentration Camp Inmates
Most of the inmates of the Dachau concentration camp spoke Hebrew which Arthur Seltzer could somewhat communicate with...
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...
Aigner, Leslie Dachau followed by Liberation
Leslie Aigner and the other inmates were weak when they entered the camp [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp...
Somogyi, Peter Dr. Josef Mengele
Peter Somogyi met Dr. Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele, also known as the Angel of Death] while he was in...
Joy, Carrol England and D-Day
After Carrol Joy arrived in England, he was sent by train to Ashford Kent. They may have been the closest base to the...
Knutson, Caroll Evacuation March Preparations
By the end of January 1945, Carroll Knutson could hear the artillery fire in the distance as the Soviets advanced into...
Malec, Henry First Combat
Henry Malec, along with three or four other men, was transported by truck to his first combat experience. It was very...
Finkelstein, Jacob Fleeing the Nazis
Jacob Finkelstein ran away from captivity a second time with his cousin. His escape was successful that time [Annotator...
Knobler, Paula From Slave Labor to Liberation
Paula Knobler was lucky that she worked at a camp not in the German territory [Annotator's Note: the camp was in...
Seltzer, Arthur German Concentration Camps
Arthur Seltzer reached Munich, Germany. The troops could tell the war was coming to an end. That was the location of...
Peters, Madeleine German Occupation
Madeleine Peters and her family evacuated in front of the advancing Germans [Annotator's Note: the Germans invaded...
Somogyi, Peter German Oppression
Peter Somogyi saw his father taken away within a week of 19 March 1944 [Annotator's Note: the day Germany occupied...
Miksa, Robert Germany and Czechoslovakia
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and the 745th Tank Battalion passed right through the Siegfried Lines...
Malec, Henry Guarding Göring and Others
Henry Malec brought Hermann Göring into a waiting room prior to some sort of interrogation [Annotator's Note: this was...
Mineta, Norman Heart Mountain Internment Camp
Norman Mineta and his family were transferred to the Japanese-American internment camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming [...
Staymates, Arthur Hess, Streicher and Some Tricks
Arthur Staymates thought Hess [Annotator's Note: Rudolf Hess was one of the highest ranking Nazi leaders under German...
Carver, Jack Holocaust Victims and Volksturm
Jack Carver had some rotten adventures during the war. There were two particularly bad ones. As he approached a...
Somogyi, Peter Homecoming
Peter Somogyi returned to his hometown and met his mother's cousin, Mickey, and some other male survivors [Annotator's...
Malec, Henry Hospitalization
It was dark when Henry Malec was removed by stretcher from the cellar where he had been treated after being wounded at...
Somogyi, Peter In Search of Nazi Criminals
Peter Somogyi learned of Simon Wiesenthal from his reputation as a postwar hunter of Nazi war criminals. He first heard...
Lauderdale, Dell Japanese War Criminals
Dell Lauderdale was at Sugamo Prison where there were six cell blocks separated by an iron gate. Behind the gate was "...
Marcus, Bernard Jewish Exodus from Germany
Bernard Marcus was instructed to report to the commanding general of the counterintelligence Corps in Frankfurt. The...
LaNier, Joseph Jim Crow Atrocities
Joseph LaNier was 15 years old and working in a nightclub when an incident happened in Columbus [Annotator’s Note:...
Gross, Eva Krakow-Plaszow
Eva Gross was sent to the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp in Poland [Annotator's Note: this was after a short stay in...
Somogyi, Peter Liberation
Peter Somogyi felt there was a chance he had been liberated when he saw a Russian soldier outside the window [Annotator...
Damberg, Wanda LIberation
Wanda Damberg got up to go to the bathroom one morning and saw a nun along the way [Annotator’s Note: Damberg was in...
Knutson, Caroll Liberation and War's End
Carroll Knutson and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were liberated by Patton [Annotator's Note: US...
Mineta, Norman Life at Heart Mountion
Norman Mineta saw no newspapers in the camp. No radios were allowed. The only mail that arrived came from family...
Baron, Judith Life in Hungary
Judith Baron and her family lived in a nice apartment in a mixed neighbor in Hungary. The landlady was not Jewish, but...

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