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4676. Time Moving in Reverse
been sent to recuperate after the trauma of experiencing many concentration camps and death marches ... 12 concentration camps. Suzy asked whether I might be willing to speak to a fellow in the Museum ... her husband all but assured the most severe sentence, deportation to a concentration camp. I was ... to a concentration camp in Amersfoort, then to Vught, and finally to Ravensbrück where she developed
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4677. Plan of one of the prison cells in Breendonck. The original caption reads"Note the bed on the right which is held in position by metal rod and lowered from the outside of the cell -- it was lowered at 2000 hrs.
TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- Belgium -- Breendonck -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Maps/Signs ... BREENDONCK; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; DOCUMENTS; EVIDENCE; INTERNMENT CAMPS; MAPS/PLANS; PRISONS ... right which is held in position by metal rod and lowered from the outside of the cell -- it was lowered
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4678. I Was but a Child
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from the concentration camps. Through Father Bruno’s intervention, I was allowed to visit him, then ... have a photograph of a garden I look at often and longingly. The photo shows several family ... members sitting and standing around a small garden waterfall, topped by a sculpture of a little girl -
4679. Corpses lined up on the north side of the barn located outside of Gardelegen.
concentration camp prisoners evacuated from a sub-camp of Dora-Mittelbau in the face of the Allied advance. On ... April 4, 1945 between two and three thousand prisoners of the Rottleberode labor camp were boarded onto ... LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Gardelegen -- Barn/Victims/Liberators
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4680. Group portrait of Polish prisoners-of-war holding musical instruments.
concentration camps. Fania was fortunate to obtain a job cleaning the home of Nazi doctor who treated her ... sent to Klooga, a work camp in Estonia. Shortly before the camp's liberation on September 19, 1944 ... and Henia were shipped to Kaiserwald, a camp on the outskirts of Riga Latvia, where they worked ... kindly. Shortly before the end of the war, guards marched all the prisoners out of the camp on a death
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4681. Major Gift Enables Museum to Launch Revitalization of Permanent Exhibition
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survived six years in many concentration camps including Auschwitz, and his mother, age 93, survived the ... a $20 million gift from Allan and Shelley Holt, of Washington, D.C., to sponsor a 21st century -
4682. The Light Blue Ensemble
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Heleneke, but also with many members of our large family. After the Liberation by the Allied troops, we ... waited for the return of family members, either from the many hiding places, or from the concentration ... ensemble, I was filled with envy. I loved the dress and the cape she wore over it. My favorite part of the -
4683. My Father’s Pocket Watch
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or the militia, and sent to a concentration camp, the contents of the tin box would be his forever ... region of France, where they lived together under surveillance for the remainder of the war. By ... could not pay their debts because of huge inflation in Germany. Therefore the Mendels brothers -
4684. Tuskegee Airman Colonel McGee
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the hope that my father would return from a Nazi concentration camp. Years later, I learned that ... until the age of 102. After retirement, he was promoted to Brigadier General. By Peter Stein I finished ... wars.” The story was about retired Air Force Colonel Charles McGee, who lived until the age of 102 -
4685. American Jewish servicemen pose around a certificate of appreciation issued by the Jewish Welfare Board of Philadelphia.
known as the Rainbow Haggadah. He was the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp ... Board of Philadelphia. ... LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Jewish Liberators/Religious Services
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4686. The charred corpse of a prisoner killed by the SS in a barn just outside of Gardelegen.
concentration camp prisoners evacuated from a sub-camp of Dora-Mittelbau in the face of the Allied advance. On ... April 4, 1945 between two and three thousand prisoners of the Rottleberode labor camp were boarded onto ... LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Gardelegen -- Barn/Victims/Liberators
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4687. American soldiers look at the charred bodies of prisoners burned alive by the SS in a barn outside of Gardelegen.
concentration camp prisoners evacuated from a sub-camp of Dora-Mittelbau in the face of the Allied advance. On ... April 4, 1945 between two and three thousand prisoners of the Rottleberode labor camp were boarded onto ... of Gardelegen.
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4688. The charred corpses of prisoners burned alive by the SS lie just inside the doorway of a barn outside Gardelegen.
concentration camp prisoners evacuated from a sub-camp of Dora-Mittelbau in the face of the Allied advance. On ... April 4, 1945 between two and three thousand prisoners of the Rottleberode labor camp were boarded onto ... LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Gardelegen -- Barn/Victims/Liberators
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4689. A Letter to the Late Mademoiselle Jeanne
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imprisoned at Ravensbrueck concentration camp and your uncle was murdered at Mauthausen for their ... Florence. It lasted until the liberation of Brussels—around a year and a half—but in my mind it seems ... The plaque reads: “A Roman Catholic, Daman became a teacher, and later headmistress, of the -
4690. The corpse of a Jewish prisoner who was gassed at Natzweiler-Struthof and whose body was kept in a vat of alcohol at the Strasbourg University Anatomical Institute for over a year until it was discovered by Allied forces.
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Natzweiler-Struthof -- LIBERATION -- Strasbourg Anatomical ... ANATOMICAL INSTITUTES; CLOSE-UPS; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; CORPSES; JEWS; MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS/VICTIMS ... bone structure and transferred to Natzweiler, where SS Captain Josef Kramer, the commandant of the camp
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4691. A photograph taken of clothing pile near the crematoria Caption on back: "This one is near the entrance to the furnace where bodies were striped [stripped] of clothing before being burned."
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Summary Justice/Revenge ... BARRACKS; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; DACHAU; FURNACES; SS (DEATHS HEAD/TOTENKOPFVERBAND); SS ... entrance to the furnace where bodies were striped [stripped] of clothing before being burned."
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4692. A view of the electrified fence in Auschwitz. The sign reads, "Caution! High voltage.
AUSCHWITZ; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; FENCES; KILLING CENTERS; SIGNS; SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS ... KILLING CENTERS -- Auschwitz -- LIBERATION -- Views -- General ... view of the electrified fence in Auschwitz. The sign reads, "Caution! High voltage. Danger to
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4693. View of the "Canada" warehouses in Auschwitz I behind a barbed wire fence.
AUSCHWITZ; BARRACKS; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; FENCES; KILLING CENTERS; VIEWS ... KILLING CENTERS -- Auschwitz -- LIBERATION -- Views -- General
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4694. Members of an international commission investigating German war crimes visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.
AUSCHWITZ; BRITISH; COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; INSPECTIONS; KILLING CENTERS ... In this capacity, Naftali visited most of the concentration camps in Poland and photographed them ... investigating German war crimes. In this capacity, Naftali visited most of the concentration camps in Poland ... labor camp, where he worked felling trees. The sadistic behavior of the commandant gave him no choice
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4695. Members of an international commission investigating German war crimes visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.
AUSCHWITZ; BRITISH; CLERGY/CHAPLAINS (CHRISTIAN); COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY; CONCENTRATION CAMPS ... concentration camps in Poland and photographed them extensively. ... KILLING CENTERS -- Auschwitz -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation
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4696. Verso of a repatriation certificate issued to Theresienstadt survivor, Jeanette Porges.
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Theresienstadt -- LIBERATION -- Survivors/Medical Care ... during Kristallnacht, Eisiq was arrested and sent to a concentration camp. After a few weeks, he was
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4697. German civilians toss the corpses of victims [probably from Dachau] into a large mass grave.
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Victims/Burial
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4698. View of the stone quarry where prisoners carried heavy stones up a tall stairwell.
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Views -- Quarries ... World War II and participated in the liberation of Mauthausen. ... View of the stone quarry where prisoners carried heavy stones up a tall stairwell. Original
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4699. Cloth patch depicting a shield with the heraldic image of the rampant lion of Czechoslovakia.
ARTIFACTS N; BADGES N; CONCENTRATION CAMPS (ARTIFACTS) N; JEWS (CZECH) N; TEXTILES N ... of Charles Bruml (born Karel Bruml) was born to a Jewish family in Prague. His father was the owner
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4700. Page from a children's memory book written in Terezin with a picture of a skyline of Terezin and a horse.
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Theresienstadt -- WARTIME -- Documents/Artifacts ... ART; ART OF THE HOLOCAUST/WWII; ART OF THE HOLOCAUST/WWII (CHILDREN); ARTIFACTS; CONCENTRATION ... CAMPS; DOCUMENTS; GHETTO/OCCUPATION; THERESIENSTADT