Displaying: 13,001 13,025 of 18,659 matches for “Liberation of Concentration Camps”
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13001. Erich Maria Remarque: In Depth
concentration camp system, and the issue of the population's culpability in these crimes, in such works as ... in Remarque's evolution as a writer. In November 1916, Remarque, along with a number of his ... classmates, was drafted into the German army. After a period of military training, his unit was sent to the ... the loss of some of his comrades, made a strong impression on the young man and served as inspiration
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13002. Oral history interview with Alexandra Gorko
reports that circulated about the Germans killing Jews; being deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in ... Chelmno and killed; being sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in February 1945; conditions in Bergen ... Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ... Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
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13003. Pawel Zenon Wos
morning of September 1, 1939, German planes bombed their camp in a surprise ... deported Pawel and his father to the Flossenbürg concentration camp as ... Pawel was the oldest of four children born to Roman Catholic parents in Poland's capital of ... In May 1939 Pawel became an army reserve officer and went to training camp near Augustow. On the
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13004. Berlin
were arrested and taken to concentration camps, particularly to Sachsenhausen ... The Jewish Community of Berlin According to a census of June 16, 1933, the Jewish ... population of Berlin, Germany's capital city, was about 160,000. Berlin's Jewish community was the largest in ... Germany, comprising more than 32 percent of all Jews in the country. In the face of Nazi persecution, many
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13005. Ben Ferencz and the Fight for International Justice
investigative teams. As US Army troops liberated concentration camps such as ... Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a ... him to advocate for an international system of justice that would help prevent the recurrence of world ... wars and of crimes like genocide
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13006. Interrogating the Sacred: Holocaust Objects and their Care
conservator carefully handles a concentration camp uniform, March 2013. United States Holocaust Memorial ... “Interrogating the Sacred: Holocaust Objects and their Care.” Ever since vast piles of victims’ shoes were ... discovered upon liberation, the world has come to know something about the Holocaust through the artifacts ... of persecution, torture, and murder. This workshop will consider the ways that some Holocaust objects
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13007. Avraham Tory
council offices. Escape When the ghetto became a concentration camp in September 1943, the ... Immediately after the liberation of Kovno in August 1944, Tory returned to the ghetto in search of Block C ... part of tsarist Russia. He replaced his Russian surname with a Hebrew one—both meaning “dove”—in 1950 ... Kovno, he worked in the 1930s at the University of Lithuania as an assistant for an authority on civil
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13008. Tarnow
Plaszow concentration camp in Krakow. In late 1943, Tarnow was declared "free of Jews" (judenrein ... Although some 700 Jews returned to the city after liberation, virtually all of them soon left to escape ... in southern Poland, 45 miles east of Krakow (Cracow). Jews—whose ... recorded presence in the town went back to the mid-fifteenth century—comprised about half of the town
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13009. John E. Meyer photographs
participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. ... Consists of seven photographs taken of piles of corpses at the Dachau concentration camp, as well ... Dachau concentration camp." ... Dachau (Concentration camp)
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13010. Handmade canvas folder used by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
Weisskirchen concentration camp, where she worked in an arms factory until liberated in May 1945. Judith had ... from Bergen Belsen concentration camp emigrated to Palestine. ... the aid of Hashomer Hatzair. She was reunited with Judith, who had been sent to and liberated at ... Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. At the camp, she met her sister Lili, who had been deported there
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13011. Ray Buch photograph collection
of Mauthausen in Austria. He was later sent to liberated Dachau concentration camp in Germany ... Combat Command B liberated Mauthausen concentration camp and its former subcamp, Gusen. Ray and his ... spring, the troops became aware of the concentration camps and the horrific conditions endured by the ... the Battle of the Bulge. In May 1945, his unit was deployed to the Mauthausen concentration camp in
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13012. Oral history interview with Anna Maxell Ware
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ... Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ... Birkenau (Concentration camp)
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13013. Oral history interview with Rochelle Blackman Slivka
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... the Kaiserwald concentration camp in Latvia and later to Stutthof; her father’s murder in an Estonian ... Kaiserwald (Concentration camp) ... Stutthof (Concentration camp)
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13014. Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes Christmas fund raising pin
officer to enter Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation, a participant in the liberation of Ohrdruf ... first American officer to enter Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation, a participant in the ... liberation of Ohrdruf, and author of the Buchenwald Report. His father, Joseph Tenenbaum, was one of the ... The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish
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13015. Leslie and Eva Aigner papers
ultimately liberated from Dachau. They met and married after the war. Also includes photocopies of ... Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ... Landsberg (Concentration camp) ... Kaufering (Concentration camp)
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13016. Vernier calipers used by a Jewish Polish worker in Oskar Schindler's armament factory
of Gross Rosen concentration camp. Schindler protected his workers from deportation, kept German camp ... Brünnlitz (Concentration camp) ... displaced persons camp in Germany. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the ... personnel out of the camp, and did his best to provide food, although shortages were severe. In October 1944
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13017. Pamphlet
Booklet, Story of Belsen, that documents the liberation and post-liberation experiences of the ... Bergen Belsen concentration camp and the British Royal Army, published in English in 1945. The book was ... at Belsen for five weeks, His final duty was to order the destruction of the camp and the burning of ... Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
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13018. Allied Military Authority currency, 50 sen, B series, for use in Japan, acquired by a US soldier
Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... the Division liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps, two of the largest camps in Austria ... Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. At Mauthausen, the unit was tasked with caring for 19 ... The Medical Inspector’s report on Mauthausen stated that "the situation in the camp on the arrival of
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13019. Allied Military Authority currency, 10 sen, B series, for use in Japan, acquired by a US soldier
Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... the Division liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps, two of the largest camps in Austria ... Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. At Mauthausen, the unit was tasked with caring for 19 ... The Medical Inspector’s report on Mauthausen stated that "the situation in the camp on the arrival of
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13020. Great Britain, 1 pound note, acquired by a US soldier
Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... the Division liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps, two of the largest camps in Austria ... 1945. On May 5 and 6, soldiers from the 11th Armored liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps ... The Medical Inspector’s report on Mauthausen stated that "the situation in the camp on the arrival of
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13021. Imperial Japan, 5 yen note, issued in occupied China acquired by a US soldier
Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... the Division liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps, two of the largest camps in Austria ... Armored liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. At Mauthausen, the unit was tasked with caring ... The Medical Inspector’s report on Mauthausen stated that "the situation in the camp on the arrival of
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13022. Belgium, 50 francs or 10 belga note, acquired by a US soldier
Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... the Division liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps, two of the largest camps in Austria ... 1945. On May 5 and 6, soldiers from the 11th Armored liberated Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps ... The Medical Inspector’s report on Mauthausen stated that "the situation in the camp on the arrival of
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13023. Oral history interview with Gene Klein
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ... Wolfsberg (Concentration camp) ... Gene Klein (born Gabor Klein), originally of Czechoslovakia, discusses his 1944 deportation to ... Auschwitz with his family; how he survived Auschwitz and several forced labor camps, including Wolfsberg
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13024. Bergen-Belsen photograph collection
which document the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp following liberation. The black and white ... Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ... United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark S. Sieling. ... The collection is comprised of a small album of spiral bound photographs and loose photographs
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13025. Joseph Remi Fontaine letter
and at the Dachau concentration camp. He provides details regarding the liberation of the camp, its ... Dachau (concentration camp) ... The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish ... The Joseph Remi Fontaine letter was sent by Joseph Fontaine, a member of the United States Army, to