Liberation of concentration camps

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Goodkin, Vera Reflections
Vera Goodkin's [Annotator's Note: née Herman] parents had an American visa to escape Czechoslovakia but did not. While...
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...
Shenkle, George Reflections
George Shenkle [Annotator's Note: serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] remembers...
Thurston, Stanley Reflections
Stanley James Thurston feels it is important for young people to learn the truth about what happened in the Second...
Boeke, Robert Reflections
Robert Boeke remembers Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] as the most...
Chandler, Howard Reflections
Howard Chandler feels it is important to teach the Holocaust so it is not repeated. It is necessary to know the history...
Kracov, William Reflections
William Kracov's most memorable experiences of World War 2 relate to being awarded two Bronze Stars [Annotator's Note:...
Frydman, Louis Reflections
Louis Frydman took advantage of situations and made the best of them. Upon arriving in the United States, he and his...
Gross, Eva Reflections
Eva Gross and her Hungarian relatives seldom visited prior to the Nazi entry into Hungary. Gross did spend summers with...
Miller, Irving Reflections
The war ended while Irving Miller was in the hospital. He was discharged on the point system. Everyone talked about the...
Feldman, Henry Reflections
Henry Feldman benefitted from his time in the Army. He had difficulty adjusting to having family and especially...
Kleiner, Leona Reflections
Leona Kleiner reflects on her liberation. The American soldiers were kind to them and took care of them. She was in the...
Melton, M. Reflections
M. Edward Melton thought the end of the war was simple. They were fighting old men instead of young men. They liberated...
Dorris, James Reflections on Dachau
James F. Dorris, Jr. could not believe how cruel the Germans could be to other humans [Annotator's Note: when his unit...
Wombacher, Delbert Reims and Metz, France
Delbert Wombacher was in Reims [Annotator's Note: Reims, France]. A call came out from headquarters, who knew they had...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Returning Home
Edward "Babe" Heffron was looking forward to reuniting with a couple of broads [Annotator's Note: females] upon his...
Baum, Irving Returning Home
Irving Baum slept, had breakfast and went back in [Annotator's Note: to the Dachau concentration camp complex near...
Sapp, Walter Returning Home
Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...
Dorsey, Mason Returning Home and Concentration Camps
When Mason Dorsey was returning to the United States, he says that if they would have said they were returning to...
Fulco, Joseph Returning Home and Experiences in Germany
Joseph P. Fulco returned to New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York], where he entered a hospital before being...
Fisch, Robert Returning Home to the Russian Zone
Robert Fisch returned to Hungary which was in the Russian zone of occupation. The occupiers took from the returning...
Dorris, James Reunion with Danny Fischer
James F. Dorris, Jr. met a man named Daniel Fischer [Annotator’s Note: unsure of spelling; unable to confirm identity]...
Huber, Robert Ruhr Valley and Halle
The next action Robert Huber and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 415th Infantry Regiment, 104th...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Seeing Buchenwald, Meeting the Russians and VE-Day
Benjamin Schleider and the 6th Armored Division took Mühlhausen, Germany with serious, but spotty, resistance. There...
Meisel, Judith Seeking Sanctuary
Judith Meisel and her sister were treated nicely at the convent [Annotator's Note: they had just escaped a death march...
Mann, Karl Segment 10
Mann went to the enclosure where the camp prisoners were located. The prisoners were rejoicing about their liberation....
Mann, Karl Segment 11
Many of the I Company GIs were upset at what they had seen, some more so than others.The I Company commander "lost it."...
Mann, Karl Segment 12
Mann doesn't recall smelling the camp before seeing it. Dachau was not as much of an extermination camp as it was a...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 14
Baum recalls the POWs at Hammelburg and the concentration camps victims they encountered. They brought their...
Baker, Dan Segment 2
Dan Baker would send patrols out to the German lines. In one instance he sent three men out, but only two came back....
Jackson, Donald Segment 2
They moved to Palermo. They did some road work there and tried to catch up with the infantry.Fortunately, they were not...
Jackson, Donald Segment 3
They moved on south into Bavaria. The war ended while they were in Rosenheim.When they went overseas they were told not...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 4
They proceeded on and went to the Rhine River, in the town of Remagen. Troops ahead of them had secured the Remagen...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 4
For the remainder of the war Michael Cokinos was a company commander in the 83rd Infantry Division. He served as a...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 5
Clinton Gardner had been in Bastogne a week before it was captured because his outfit was helping with the Red Ball...

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