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Goldstein, Elizabeth Liberation
In April 1945, Elizabeth Goldstein heard noises and saw airplanes circling in the sky. She knew that the end was near....
Peardon, Eveline Liberation
Eveline Peardon and her siblings visited the young soldiers every day after D-Day [Annotator’s Note: the 6 June 1944...
Rubin, Mark Liberation
Mark Rubin did not wear the Star of David, the yellow star, in the camps. That only lasted about a year at the...
Lents, Robert Liberation
Returning to his memories of the prison camp, Robert Lents said it was about 25 July [Annotator's Note: 25 July 1945]...
Stein, Murray Liberation
Murray Stein remarked that they were liberated by the 104th Division [Annotator's Note: 104th Infantry Division]. Stein...
Keller, Luba Liberation
The Russians liberated the camp where Luba Keller was held. Keller was hiding because the bombs were falling around...
Bailey Pratt, Caroline Liberation
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were interned...
Nathanson, Eva Liberation
Eva Nathanson's fever was getting worse, but all they could do was cool her face with wet cloths. One day, she heard...
Skelton, Joy Liberation
Joy Skelton witnessed pamphlets being dropped on her prison camp. They told of the war being over. She always feared...
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...
Freedman, Henry "Hank" Liberation
Henry Freedman and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were anxiously awaiting their American...
Kleiner, Leona Liberation
Leona Kleiner views her liberation as the best thing in her life except for her family. [Annotator's Note: Kleiner left...
Komito, Joseph Liberation and America
Joseph Komito traveled many days on a train not knowing where he was bound [Annotator's Note: the Germans were...
Klein, Gerda Liberation and Feelings Towards Germans
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was liberated from a slave labor camp can be very difficult to understand at points...
Rosendahl, Robert Liberation and Going Home
On 15 August 1945 nobody came to pick Robert Rosendahl and his fellow prisoners up to go to work. One of the prisoners...
Skardon, Ben Liberation and Heading Home
Ben Skardon said there was scuttlebutt about an American bomb that had destroyed an entire Japanese city, but it was...
Szafran, Daniel Liberation and Palestine
Daniel Szafran was in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzesinka, Poland]. The food situation was...
Levy, Anne Liberation and Postwar
Anne Levy initially thought the Russian liberators were going to be better than the German oppressors. She would...
Giamberardino, Anna Maria Liberation and Postwar Life
One night, Anna Maria Giamberardino and a friend decided to go see where the couples would hang out. They saw some men...
DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Recovery
Batavia [Annotator's Note: now Jakarta, Indonesia] was the last camp Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war...
Altmann, Judith Liberation and Recovery
Judith Altmann said the British soldiers gave the prisoners all the food they had. Unfortunately, that was the wrong...
Butcher, Chester Liberation and Return Home
Chester J. Butcher [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 8th Air...
Clift, Gilbert Liberation and Return Home
Three days into a march [Annotator's Note: from their prisoner of war camp], Gilbert Clift and the rest of the...
Hogan, Ralph Liberation and Return Home
The next day Ralph Francis Hogan was imprisoned at a compound, the city was attacked. Instead of going in a bomb...
Woodham, Greg Liberation and Return to America
Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...
White, Alexander Liberation and Returning Home
Alexander White described conditions at the Schindler factory as "difficult." Food was scarce, and, initially, rations...
Cardenas, Louis Liberation and Returning Home
Louis Cardenas remembers that the Germans left Bucharest [Annotator’s Note: Bucharest, Romania] when the Russians...
Bollich, James Liberation and Returning Home
James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...
Steele, Ben Liberation and Returning Home
Ben Steele was told the war was over by a Japanese officer. At first, the Americans did not believe him, but American B...
VanDuzer, Raymond Liberation and Returning Home
In April [Annotator's Note: April 1945], Raymond VanDuzer and his fellow prisoners were marched many kilometers to a...
McGhee, Edwin Liberation and Returning to the United States
After Edwin McGhee was a prisoner in a second POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp, the advancing Russians...
Mosher, Alfred Liberation and Returning to the United States
Toward the end of the World War 2, Alfred Raymond Mosher was put on a train and sent to another camp [Annotator's Note...
DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Returning to the United States
In the middle of July 1945, Joseph DeMott started seeing Australian Mosquito bombers [Annotator's Note: de Havilland DH...
Warne, Therese Liberation and Shelling
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was...
Lorenzen, Angus Liberation and the Fight for Santo Tomas
On 3 February 1945, Angus Lorenzen saw a Marine Corp dive bomber fly over the internment camp of Santo Tomas, Manila,...
Brainard, William Liberation and War’s End
After nine months in a prison, William White Brainard [Annotator's Note: who served as a radioman on a Boeing B-17...

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