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Leopold, Vernon The German Redoubt and Berchtesgaden
Vernon Leopold ended the war at Berchtesgaden in US Army Air Forces intelligence. He felt it was his personal victory...
Amram, Fred The Gestapo
Fred Amram remembers the Gestapo [Annotator's Note: German Geheime Staatspolizei or Secret State Police; abbreviated...
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...
Angst, Lawrence The Hitler Youth and Encountering Various Camps
Lawrence Angst said that the Hitler Youth [Annotator's Note: youth organization of the Nazi Party] were radical and a...
Sherman, Joyce The Holocaust
Joyce Sherman was not aware of the Holocaust, but she knew about what was going on. She was in high school when she...
Lee, James The Korean War
James Lee could not fight in World War 2, but when the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27...
Bouton, Helen The March to Bergen-Belsen
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton was forced to walk to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Bergen, Germany, from...
Carver, Jack The Movie "Fury" and Postwar
Jack Carver remembers shrapnel landing on his neck as being his most memorable experience of World War 2. [Annotator's...
Geiger, Aase The War Ends
Aase Geiger was a girl scout. She had been at a meeting and as she was biking home, people were laughing and smiling....
Rubin, Mark Theresienstadt
After being taken to Gestapo headquarters, Mark Rubin and his family were sent to the Sered transient camp [Annotator's...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Theresienstadt and Pink Slips
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved into a former nun’s cloister in Bonn, Germany when she was 12 years old. She and her...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Theresienstadt to Auschwitz
Anna Nossbaum and her family were taken to Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp and ghetto;...
Klepper, Manfred Those Left in Germany
Manfred Klepper left family behind when he left Germany [Annotator's Note: the Kleppers left Germany in April 1940 as a...
Schafer, Leon Thoughts About the War
Leon Schafer has been to Europe a number of times since 68 [Annotator's Note: 1968] when all of his family went. His...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Three Days Aboard a Train
Itka Zygmuntowicz was 15 years old when she was taken to the Nowe Miasto Ghetto. There were outbreaks of typhus there...
Kleiner, Leona Three Years in Auschwitz
Leona Kleiner arrived at Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp complex...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Trains out of Bergen-Belsen
Micha Tomkiewicz, his mother, and one uncle, Stanislaw Tomkiewicz, were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They...
Altmann, Judith Transport from the Mátészalka Ghetto to Auschwitz
While Judith Altmann was in Mateszalka, Hungary, young people like herself were cleaning the ghetto, minding small...
Weissberger, Ela Transport to Theresienstadt
Before being taken to Theresienstadt, Ela Weissberger was in quarantine at the Prague-Bubny train station, now the...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Transported from Bonn
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved into a former nun’s cloister in Bonn, Germany when she was 12 years old. The Jews in Bonn...
Samet, Judah Transported to Bergen-Belsen
Judah Samet was sent to a large lumber yard [Annotator's Note: The first attempted deportation from Debrecen, Hungary...
Langrehr, Henry Traveling Through Auschwitz to Stalag XII-A
Henry Langrehr and his fellow prisoners of war entered Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz I; Oświęcim, Poland] in a...
Acevedo, Anthony Treating the Sick and Wounded
When Anthony Acevedo first arrived at Berga he could not see the camp. There were political prisoners there but they...
Komito, Joseph Treatment by the Germans
Joseph Komito knew most of the people working in his first camp in Mielec [Annotator's Note: his hometown of Mielec,...
Harris, Whitney Truth Through Judicial Process
Asked to comment on other post World War 2 trails and tribunals, Whitney Harris brought up the war crimes trial held in...
Lazarus, Rachel Unaware of Danger
During World War 2, Rachel Lazarus and her mother were in a concentration camp together. Because she was so young; camp...
Deiglmayr, Erna United Nations Work
[Annotator's Note: Erna Deiglmayr was part of a limited United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, or...
Mayes, Robert Varied Observations
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks questions about life in the field.] Robert Mayes lived two people to one pup...
Dahlberg, Melvin Various Thoughts on War
Melvin Dahlberg was in the battle for Hill 1098 [Annotator's Note: part of Maritime Alps in Southern France]. They were...
Goyette, Donald War Comes to a Close
After rejoining his unit [Annotator's Note: 869th Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 21st Bomber Command,...
Chandler, Howard War Crimes Trial Testimonies
Howard Chandler went to Germany twice. He was a witness at war crimes trials. Most of the concentration camp guards...
Rosenzweig, Jennie War Rationing and Being Jewish
Rationing was not hard for Jennie Rosenzweig. Oleo was used instead of butter, and it looked like lard. She added salt...
Steinfeld, Manfred War Winds Down
Manfred Steinfeld recalls that in April 1945, a special formation of Division Headquarters [Annotator's Note:...
Kean, Robert War's End
Robert Kean talks about a letter he wrote home. After the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
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,...

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