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11901. The 26th Infantry Division during World War II
using concentration camp prisoners for labor. At Gusen, the SS deployed inmates to excavate out of ... and the Liberation of Gusen On May 5, 1945, the "Yankee" division overran ... Gusen concentration camp. SS authorities had established Gusen as a separate concentration camp in May ... concentration camp. In May 1945, as US troops neared the camp complex, some SS and Nazi Party planned to
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11902. Oral history interview with Robert O. Cleary
liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp (Mr. Cleary was the first liberator of the camp), and his memory ... Library of Congress ... Consists of one audio CD containing an oral history interview, 32 minutes, with Robert (Bob) O ... Cleary, originally of Cleveland, OH, conducted by the Veterans History Project. In the interview, Mr
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11903. African Americans in Nazi Germany
units that liberated and witnessed concentration camps. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945 ... . Liberating and Witnessing Concentration Camps Some African ... witnessed the horrors of the concentration camps. After ... interned in prisoner-of-war camps alongside white American soldiers. African Americans were members of
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11904. Dr. Andreas Kranebitter
Murder: GIs and the Production of Sociological Knowledge about the Nazi Concentration Camps.” Dr ... Kranebitter focuses on the production of sociological knowledge of Nazi concentration camps immediately upon ... these teams eventually arrived at the newly liberated concentration camps in April 1945, they were ... on concentration camps from the points of view of both sociology and the field of “KZ-Forschung.” His
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11905. The Chiger family stands on a street in Krakow after the war.
Germans would round up Jews for deportation to concentration camps. Krystyna saw Jews beaten and killed ... liberated. Socha had heard of attacks on Jews who had survived, and waited a few days. On July 27, Krystyna ... Helena, had been rescued from Plaszow concentration camp by Oskar Schindler. Ignacy, 68, passed away in ... DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Poland
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11906. Group portrait oif children in a children's home in Krakow.
Germans would round up Jews for deportation to concentration camps. Krystyna saw Jews beaten and killed ... liberated. Socha had heard of attacks on Jews who had survived, and waited a few days. On July 27, Krystyna ... Helena, had been rescued from Plaszow concentration camp by Oskar Schindler. Ignacy, 68, passed away in ... DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Poland
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11907. Flossenbürg
suitable for the establishment of a concentration camp, due to its potential for extracting granite for ... Initially, the SS staff deployed the prisoners in the construction of the concentration camp itself and in ... concentration camp arrived at the newly designated Flossenbürg concentration camp. Initially, the SS intended ... the camp as a place of detention for males, particularly those rounded up in the winter and spring of
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11908. Oral history interview with Raymond Turgel
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... of communication with his parents; being sent to a camp in Canada; the lack of freedom within the ... camp; taking classes at the camp; leaving the camp with the help of the Canadian Jewish Committee and a ... Isle of Man.
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11909. The 89th Infantry Division during World War II
Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Ohrdruf was the first Nazi concentration camp ... . The 89th Infantry Division and the Liberation of Ohrdruf On April 4, 1945, the 89th overran ... concentration camp prisoners ... Rhine rivers that same month. On April 8, the 89th captured the town of Eisenach and subsequently
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11910. Child survivors sit outside in a semi-circle in the Weir Courtney children's home.
After the liberation of the concentration camps, the British philanthropist, Leonard Montefiore ... org After the liberation of the concentration camps, the British philanthropist, Leonard Montefiore ... The program was paid for with funds raised by the Care of Children from Concentration Camps ... DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Great Britain -- The
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11911. Gross-Rosen
The Gross-Rosen concentration camp was originally established in 1940 as a subcamp of the ... Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The camp was named for the nearby village of Gross-Rosen. Now called Rogoznica ... granite quarry. The increasing emphasis on the use of concentration camp prisoners in armaments ... of the largest groupings of female prisoners in the entire concentration camp system
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11912. REPATRIATION TO HOLLAND VIA FRANCE
Bergen-Belsen [concentration camp] ... Westerbork (Concentration camp) ... List of Dutch nationals as well as non nationals who had established residency in Holland before ... 1938, who had been deported by the Germans to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen. After liberation, they
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11913. Crematorium tag, number 5896, acquired at Dachau postwar by a US soldier
Dachau (Concentration camp) after liberation ... United States Army, during a July 10, 1945, tour of the crematorium of Dachau concentration camp near ... first concentration camp established by the SS in March 1933, originally for political prisoners. Over ... criminal offenders, and Jews. The camp was liberated by American forces on April 29, 1945. Rudulph, an
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11914. Crematorium tag, number 5893, acquired at Dachau postwar by a US soldier
Dachau (Concentration camp) after liberation ... United States Army, during a July 10, 1945, tour of the crematorium at Dachau concentration camp near ... first concentration camp established by the SS in March 1933, originally for political prisoners. Over ... criminal offenders, and Jews. The camp was liberated by American forces on April 29, 1945. Rudulph, an
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11915. The 4th Armored Division during World War II
concentration camp and the first Nazi camp liberated by US troops. Created in November 1944 near the town of ... Gotha, Ohrdruf supplied forced labor in the form of concentration camp prisoners for railway ... Armored Division and the Liberation of Ohrdruf On April 4, 1945, the "Breakthrough" division ... advance. In late March 1945, the camp had a prisoner population of some 11,700, but in early April almost
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11916. Men and women, many wearing name tags, gather by a train carriage as they prepare to emigrate.
Concentration Camp working at Messerschmitt Aircraft Company in sub-camp Gusen II. The Americans liberated the ... Neusaltz labor camp (a women's camp), a satellite of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. On January 26 ... sub-camp of Flossenbuerg, working in the armaments industry. By October 1944, he was in Mauthausen ... camp on May 5, 1945 and he went to the city of Linz and eventually found his way to Bergen-Belsen. His
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11917. The 99th Infantry Division during World War II
unit reported on May 4, that it had "liberated 3 labor camps and 1 concentration camp." The ... concentration camp was one of the "forest camps" (Waldlager) tied to the ... the Liberation of Dachau Subcamps On May 3–4, 1945, as the 99th moved deeper into Bavaria, it ... liberated one of a number of Dachau subcamps near the town of Mühldorf. The
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11918. Political Prisoners
1934, the German authorities disbanded most of these early concentration camps. In their place and ... served as the “model” for a vast system of SS camps. By 1939, six large concentration camps had been ... him or her in a concentration camp. On the eve of World War II, concentration camps held about 25 ... concentration camp. Ernst Thälmann, leader of the German Communist party since 1925 and one-time candidate for
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11919. The 80th Infantry Division during World War II
Ebensee, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Construction of the ... Liberation of Buchenwald and Ebensee During its advance into central Germany, the 80th Infantry ... Division entered the Buchenwald concentration camp on April 12, 1945, to ... stated that All of the inmates of the camp were badly undernourished and many were
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11920. [Bergen-Belsen survivor list]
Bergen-Belsen [concentration camp] Germany ... Electronic data regarding survivors found upon liberation in Bergen-Belsen; data includes names ... sex, nationalities, dates and places of birth, and places of last residence
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11921. The 8th Infantry Division during World War II
concentration camp Wöbbelin subcamp, near the city of Ludwigslust. The SS had ... . The 8th Infantry Division and the Liberation of Wöbbelin On May 2, 1945, as it advanced into ... established Wöbbelin in early February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners who had been evacuated from ... other Nazi camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. Wöbbelin held
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11922. The 11th Armored Division during World War II
two of the largest Nazi concentration camps in the country: Mauthausen ... thousands of concentration camp prisoners by dynamiting the underground tunnels and factories where the ... concentration camp. In the unit's "sanitary report" of May 25, 1945, the division's Medical Inspector stated ... days later met up with advancing Soviet forces. The 11th Armored Division and the Liberation of
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11923. Alfred "Al" Münzer
In January 1945 Simcha was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp and a number of other camps before ... subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp in northern Germany. In the spring of 1945, Gisele was ... had hidden the girls, was sent to the Vught concentration camp, then to Ravensbrück concentration camp ... and eventually was liberated. Alfred was put in the care of a family friend and neighbor
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11924. A farmer works a field in Kibbutz Buchenwald. The original caption says: "Kibbutz Buchenwald.
of Hitler's concentration camps. When Chaplain Miller was posted in Frankfurt Germany, Marcus ... ANIMALS (HORSES); DP CAMPS/CENTERS; DPS (JEWISH); FARMS/FARMING; FRANKFURT JEWISH GI COUNCIL ... Reaping the wheat. The Zionist flag flying proudly over the Jewish Farm. A little piece of Palestine in ... David Marcus was the son of Chaim and Jennie Marcus, both born in Poland. He was born on March 16
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11925. A young girl sings the partisan song at an outdoor gathering in Kibbutz Buchenwald.
of Hitler's concentration camps. When Chaplain Miller was posted in Frankfurt Germany, Marcus ... CHOIRS; DP CAMPS/CENTERS; DPS (JEWISH); FLAGS (ZIONIST); FRANKFURT JEWISH GI COUNCIL; KIBBUTZ ... last journey," the song of the Jewish partisans. ... David Marcus was the son of Chaim and Jennie Marcus, both born in Poland. He was born on March 16