Displaying: 17,026 17,050 of 18,660 matches for “Liberation of Concentration Camps”
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17026. Carl Heinz Rosner papers
Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust, and in Sweden after the war, as well as to the ... camp in June 1944. After the camp was liberated in 1945, they went back to Hamburg for a few weeks ... the Buchenwald concentration camp; and his life as a post-war refugee in Stockholm, Sweden. The ... in 1944. The correspondents include family members, refugees, Jews in concentration camps, and aid
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17027. White lace collar with a rosettes worn by a young Austrian Jewish refugee to the US
liberation from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and her postwar life in Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden ... the children had been incarcerated in Bergen Belsen concentration camp and liberated in May 1945. They ... and my parents' generosity in raising two of my orphaned cousins, survivors of concentration camps, as ... concentration camp and liberated in May 1945. They were repatriated to the Netherlands and once the family in
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17028. Oral history interview with Josephine Gruca
to a concentration camp, and an attack with a pitchfork by the German farmer; Allied air raid attacks ... the end of the war; life after liberation; her time as a Displaced Person; life in a displaced persons ... camp; becoming a teacher; the death of her youngest sister, aged 16, just six days before the ... liberation of Poland; her reflections on the long term effects of her experiences as a slave laborer in
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17029. Max Brenner photographs
to the Demblin concentration camp. Meir was able to get some paper and a pencil for his son, and it ... Weiss). His father was an independent tailor. Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 ... ghetto in mid-1940. As the Soviet Army approached, the family was transferred to the Hasag labor camp in ... Częstochowa. They were liberated by Soviet troops in 1945. After the Holocaust, the family lived in displaced
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17030. Oral history interview with Anastazja Mazur Brodziak
killed in the fights in Old City; being sent to a prisoner-of-war camp with her detachment; her job as a ... POW camps in Bergen-Belsen and Oberlangen; being liberated on April 12, 1945 by the 2nd Armored ... Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ... Oberlangen (Concentration camp)
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17031. Tombstone fragment recovered from a destroyed Jewish cemetery by a Holocaust survivor
concentration camp. He escaped and returned to his old apartment building where the superintendent let him hide ... defense factories. At that point, they were to be deported to concentration and labor camps with other ... Lwow where he worked in a German military base that employed Jews from forced labor camps, some of whom ... concentration camp, but escaped around April. He returned to his former apartment building and the Ukrainian
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17032. Oral history interview with Ralph M. Hockley
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... to Saint-Nicolas camp and then Gurs; returning home with his mother and sister; the fates of his ... Gurs (Concentration camp) ... Les Milles (Concentration camp)
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17033. Rubber stamp from a Jewish refugee's postwar business
Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. He was liberated during a death march from Blechhammer slave labor ... of Jews for concentration camp and at one point, Jurek and his grandparents were placed in a group ... imprisonment in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and after the war as displaced persons in Germany. ... then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where the family was separated. In early January, as the
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17034. Carved inscribed walking stick given to an American soldier
displaced persons camp life materials, photographs, and printed materials relating to the experiences of Joe ... enter Ohrdruf concentration camp, the first camp discovered by US troops. Before the war ended on May 7 ... Joe volunteered for work in displaced persons camps, eventually becoming the head of Coburg DP camp ... The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish
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17035. Oral history interview with Herta Griffel Baitch
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust
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17036. Oral history interview with Henri Frischer
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust
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17037. Oral history interview with Erika Tamar
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust
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17038. Oral history interview with Miriam Oppenheimer
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust ... her brother, Alain; her father’s appointment as Grand Rabbi of Strasbourg at an early age; how the
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17039. Oral history interview with Trude Heller
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust
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17040. Oral history interview with Conrad Mehler
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust
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17041. Oral history interview with August Bohny-Reiter
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust
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17042. US Army 20th Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch with tank, gun, and red lightning bolt
that liberated Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945. They discovered over 30,000 survivors in ... The collection consists of thirty-five United States Army Division shoulder sleeve insiginia badges ... of the type used during World War II. The patch design was used by all Armored divisions, with the ... division number, in this case 20, at the apex of the triangle. The colors represent the military branches
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17043. Challah cover with an embroidered blue flower recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
selected for forced labor, and sent to Peterswaldau concentration camp. The camp was liberated by the ... Hungary and Auschwitz-Birkenau and Peterswaldau concentration camps and Gyorgy Frankfurter in Hungary and ... female SS guard after other inmates suggested that Kato looked like her. The camp was liberated by the ... concentration camp where they were killed upon arrival. His sister, Ilona, was deported to Bergen-Belsen
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17044. Oral history interview with Edith Palkowitz
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... liberation by the Soviets; reuniting with her aunt and grandmother; the scarcity of food; learning about ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis
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17045. Adrienne Friede Krausz papers
the experiences of Adrienna Matyas (Krausz) as a prisoner in Altenburg and Auschwitz concentration ... camps during the Holocaust and her subsequent role as a witness during the postwar trial of a war ... cold, abuse,and beatings. One night, she witnessed the destruction of the Roma camp, set on fire with ... into Germany and arrived on September 20 at Ravensbrueck concentration camp. After two weeks in
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17046. Oral history interview with Sara Lamhaut Boucart
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... convent school in the village of Wezembeek-Oppem, where she received her First Communion; the liberation ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis
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17047. Oral history interview with Harry Kamel
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... liberate towns as part of the 370th Infantry Division 1,232 Brigade; injuring his right leg and being ... The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis
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17048. A Jewish couple walks down a street in Krakow. Pictured are Rudolf and Regina Hoffman.
a while. After a year or so, Rudolf was sent to the nearby Plaszow concentration camp. From there ... displaced persons' camp in American zone of Austria. Of the large Hoffman family only Stephanie and her ... Stephanie Portnoy (born Stefania Celine Hoffman) is the daughter of Rudolf Hoffman and Regina ... Pollan Stephanie Portnoy (born Stefania Celine Hoffman) is the daughter of Rudolf Hoffman and Regina
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17049. Oral history interview with Marion Wolff
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust ... in 1935; moving to Vienna, Austria; memories of her father dying at an early age in Vienna
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17050. Oral history interview with Lili Brody-Carmosino
Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentration camp liberators, rescuers, relief ... workers, former POWs, and people of different social and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis ... and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust ... relations before the war; the beginning of the war in 1942; the persecution of Jews; her family’s move to