JACKSONVILLE, Fla./HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. — As World War II came to a close in 1945, a small American tank battalion discovered a train full of Jewish prisoners abandoned in the German countryside. Sixty-five years later, the survivors and liberators were reunited. At the World War II museum at Camp Blanding, the walls are lined with historical artifacts [...]
Archive for April, 2010
As World War II came to a close in 1945, a small American tank battalion discovered a train full of Jewish prisoners abandoned in the German countryside.
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2010~The Year of the Liberator~Mid April 1945: First American reports to folks back home.
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{As part of the conclusion to my USHMM Teacher Fellowship project, I am posting the unfolding nature of the discovery of the camps as Allied troops closed in from the East and the West, sixty-five years to the day that the discovery/event occurred.} April 15, 1945: Soviet forces are 35 miles east of Berlin and 60 miles [...]
World War II Soldiers Who Liberated Nazi Death Camps Meet at Holocaust Museum 4-16-10
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World War II Soldiers Who Liberated Nazi Death Camps Meet at Holocaust Museum Jerome Socolovsky | Washington16 April 2010 More than 100 former U.S. soldiers who liberated Nazi death camps during World War II were honored this week in Washington, D.C. The veterans recalled the horrors they witnessed 65 years ago when they encountered the [...]
What they did mattered then, and what we do matters now. April 15, 2010.
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This morning, a live broadcast from the Rotunda where we honor the sacrifice of soldiers who, 65 years ago, liberated Jews and other victims from Nazi terror. What they did mattered then, and what we do matters now. Peter Fredlake, USHMM. http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor/webcast/ The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual [...]
2010~The Year of the Liberator~ April 13 1945: A Train Near Magdeburg
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It is April 13th, the 65th anniversary of the liberation. In the past two days I have heard from a half-dozen ”new” survivors. My wife Laura and I are headed to Washington DC to take part in the National Days of Remembrance ceremonies. You can click here for the link to our film (“Honoring Liberation” at page [...]
2010~The Year of the Liberator~Early April 1945:American troops inspect the site of the Gardelegen atrocity.
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{As part of the conclusion to my USHMM Teacher Fellowship project, I am posting the unfolding nature of the discovery of the camps as Allied troops closed in from the East and the West, sixty-five years to the day that the discovery/event occurred.} April 13, 1945: Death marchers from the small labor camp of Rottleberode, a subcamp [...]
Remembering Lidia and Jan Kazimierski. April 7th. The train left Belsen yesterday, with at least one orphaned child. 1945.
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April 7, 2010 Dear dear Matthew, Thank you for all what you do for us. If before I was ashamed to be included in the group of survivors now I happy to belong, because I realized that it takes a great deal to go through hell and come out of it as a normal functioning [...]
2010~The Year of the Liberator~Early April 1945:”We are told the American soldier does not know what he is fighting for.”
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{As part of the conclusion to my USHMM Teacher Fellowship project, I am posting the unfolding nature of the discovery of the camps as Allied troops closed in from the East and the West, sixty-five years to the day that the discovery/event occurred.} We are told the American soldier does not know what he is fighting for. [...]
Days of Remembrance: Honoring Liberation/A New Film on the Project.
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Days of Remembrance: Honoring Liberation In commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, the Museum has designated Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters as the theme for the 2010 observance. To honor their bravery as soldiers and their importance as eyewitnesses, the Museum will pay tribute to the U.S. [...]
2010~The Year of the Liberator~Early April 1945: The SS evacuates thousands of Jews*.
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{*As part of the conclusion to my USHMM Teacher Fellowship project, I am posting the unfolding nature of the discovery of the camps as Allied troops closed in from the East and the West, sixty-five years to the day that the discovery/event occurred. This material was published elsewhere, as noted below; it is used with permission. This [...]
