Liberation of concentration camps

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Hamilton, Richard Liberation and Going Home
Richard Henry Hamilton was liberated by some Russians after being on a march for over 70 days. Hamilton recalled...
Bouton, Helen Liberation and Sweden
Getting into Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany] was the worst...
Wolnerman, David Liberation at Dachau
After some time in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp complex in...
Kahn, Eric Liberation by Russian Troops
Eric Kahn's mother stayed in Wiesbaden, Germany, and had no communication with her husband and sons. Terezin had no...
Flanagan, Earl Liberation of Concentration Camp Survivors
Earl Flanagan and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 71st Infantry Division] successfully cut the Autobahn between Berlin [...
Ito, Susumus Liberation of Dachau
Towards the end of World War 2, Susumas Ito and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Ito was a member of 522nd Field...
Hughes, Lowell Liberation of Dachau
Lowell Hughes was about an hour late for the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp by the 45th Infantry Division...
Estes, Bruce Liberation of Dachau
After recuperation, Bruce Estes’ battalion [Annotator’s Note: 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry...
Baum, Irving Liberation to Dachau
Irving Baum and his friends were talking and saying that their hometown newspaper would not believe that they met up. [...
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...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Life after Liberation
On 13 April 1945, Micha Tomkiewicz and his mother were liberated from a prison train by American soldiers and taken to...
Lazarus, Rachel Life in a Concentration Camp
During World War 2, Rachel Lazarus and her mother were in a concentration camp together. Her mother worked in the...
Gross, Ernest Life in America and Sharing His Experiences
In 1947, after being liberated from Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau; first concentration camp; Dachau, Germany] just...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Life in Sweden
After being liberated from Malchow [Annotator's Note: the Malchow concentration camp in Malchow, Germany, a sub-camp of...
Bouton, Helen Life in Sweden and the United States
[Annotator's Note: After being liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Helene Boulton was taken to Sweden...
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...
Mugliston, Gwendolyn Los Banos and Liberation
There were a lot of dead people being taken out of the camp [Annotator's Note: Los Baños Internment Camp] and Gwendolyn...
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...
Bollich, James Manchuria
James Bollich remained in Korea for about six weeks. From Korea, he took a train to Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note...
Haffner, Robert Marching into Germany
While marching through the Ardennes, Robert Haffner recalls a German jet flying overhead and firing on the 82nd...
Watson, Donald Meeting the Russians in Steyr
Donald G. Watson and his unit [Annotator's Note: 271st Engineer Combat Battalion, 71st Infantry Division] crossed the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kracov, William Munich, Dachau and Postwar
William Kracov [Annotator's Note: as a scout for heavy weapons Company M, 3rd Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd...
Medway, Irwin Nordhausen Concentration Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads from articles...
Zingheim, John Nordhausen Concentration Camp
Dr. John Julien Zingheim does not remember going to Cologne [Annotator's Note: Cologne or Köln, Germany], but thinks he...
Keller, Luba Numbers Save Her Life
Luba Keller says she was liberated by the Russians in Feldafing, Germany. The Russians came in the morning and the...
Yackel, Eugene Nuremberg to Dachau
After Aschaffenburg [Annotator's Note: Aschaffenburg, Germany], Eugene Yackel went through Nuremberg [Annotator's Note...
Peer, Wayne Occupation Duty
While in Innsbruck [Annotator's Note: Innsbruck, Austria], Wayne Peer and the men in his platoon [Annotator's Note: I...
Reitman, Seymour Occupation Duty
Seymour Reitman was near Regensburg, Austria, when Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd...
League, Ray Occupation Duty
Soon after the war, Ray League's involvement with the 65th Infantry Division ended. The division was disbanded, and he...
Barnett, William Occupation Duty and Postwar
William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: who served with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division in Europe]...
Bornstein, Jack Occupation in Europe
After the war in Europe ended, Jack Bornstein was sent to the Dora-Nordhausen forced labor camp [Annotator’s Note:...

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