The Ikeja armory was located just north of the city center of Lagos and housed a large barracks and munitions depot. - Tott, Vernon W. Ahlem Concentration Camp, 5 miles west of Hannover, Germany: Liberated by the 84th Infantry Division on April 10, 1945. - Bando, Mark. (Oversize D 805.5.D33 L46 1997) (D 769.305 4th .F72 1978) Considers the reception of news reports describing camp conditions along with the efforts of the British government to establish and administer the displaced persons camp established on the site. - Web Resource: Yale Fortunoff Video Archive: An American officer describes the liberation of Mauthausen, Liberated Landsberg (Dachau subcamp), April 27, 1945. 2 February, 2021 at 8:21 AM. - Huff, Richard A. Coming from the west, United States forces liberated Buchenwald and Dachau in April 1945 and the British liberated Bergen-Belsen that same month. The vanguard was composed of fighters from the 107th and 100th divisions. Finding Guide to Manuscript Material and Memorabilia Concerning the 42nd Rainbow Division Service in World Wars I and II. After Soviet troops liberated Majdanek in July 1944, they proceeded to liberate camps throughout Eastern Europe, including Auschwitz in January 1945. By Paul Taylor. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1990. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. Reviews the experiences of American soldiers involved in liberating the concentration camps and examines the long-term emotional and psychological impact of those experiences. Includes bibliographical references and index. Nashville: Battery Press, 2000. Imperial War Museum. For the a Red Cross hospital was created in Auschwitz I. Download Wojana Taus from Jugoslavia and … (D 805.5.A35 T68 1998), Liberated Attendorn (civilian labor camp), April 11, 1945. London: Imperial War Museum, 1991. Goodell, Stephen, and Kevin Mahoney. Memoir of Jim Sanders, an ambulance driver for the United States 4th Armored Division during World War II. The Evacuation, Dismantling and Liberation of KL Auschwitz. (Oversize D 769.305 12th .H57 1978), Liberated Dachau subcamps, May 2-3, 1945. Report After Action: The Story of the 103d Infantry Division. Includes a chapter describing Sanders’ experiences in the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald Concentration Camps, as well as a chapter describing Sanders’ return to the camps and interaction with survivors in 1994 and 1995. Provides a day-by-day account of the liberation, interspersed with eyewitness accounts from liberators and prisoners. Nashville: Battery Press, 1978. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1995. Collection of essays highlighting issues related to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. During the camp's years of operation, many children in Auschwitz were subjected to medical experiments by Nazi physician Josef Mengele. (D 769.3 104th .H6 1946) Oświęcim: A Documentary Film on German Crimes at Oświęcim [videorecording]. - Thompson, Norm. - Sparks, Felix. + Add to calendar 2021-02-25 12:00:00 PM 2021-02-25 1:00:00 PM America/Mexico_City 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 American Liberators of the Holocaust Join Museum educators to discuss the few Americans who saw the atrocities of the Holocaust with their own eyes. Washington: 11th Armored Division Association, [1948?]. Chase sexually assaulted Miroth with a knife before killing her and ...read more, On January 27, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues General War Order No. by Dan Johnson. Eliach, Yaffa, and Brana Gurewitsch, editors. Provides a detailed description of conditions at the camp at the time of liberation, as well as initial reactions from American military investigators. Vasily Gromadsky, a Russian officer with the 60th Army liberating Auschwitz recalls what happened. (D805.G3 H523 2010) [Find in a library near you]. Nashville: Battery Press, 1997. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. (D 769.31 83rd .T48 1997), Liberated Ahlem (Neuengamme subcamp), April 10, 1945 and Salzwedel (Neuengamme subcamp), April 14, 1945. Includes photographs and an index. Bardgett, Suzanne, and David Cesarani, editors. Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp. - 65th Infantry Division 1943-1945. - Hayhow, Ernie, et al. Saga of the All American. Moscow (AFP) - It was the silence, the smell of ashes and the boundless surrounding expanse that struck Soviet soldier Ivan Martynushkin when his unit arrived in January 1945 to liberate … (D 805 .G3 G8626 1966) [Find in a library near you]. Author: Most of the liberated prisoners were in critical condition. Ninety-fifth Infantry Division History: 1918-1946. Liberated Falkenau an der Eger (Flossenbürg subcamp), May 7, 1945. Includes illustrations, bibliographical references, and index. Includes first-person accounts of two soldiers: Clinton C. Gardiner, who was present at the liberation of Buchenwald; and Irving Lisman, an ambulance driver who was among the first to enter the Dachau camp as a member of the 42nd Infantry. Nashville: Battery Press, 2000. The Relief of Belsen, April 1945: Eyewitness Accounts. (D 769.3053 10th .N53 2000), Liberated Gusen (Mauthausen subcamp), May 5, 1945, and Mauthausen, May 6, 1945. • Camp of Death pamphlet (1942) by Natalia Zarembina - Ambrose, Stephen E. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1991. - Craig, Berry. Liberators: The Story of the 20th Armored Division in World War II. - Lauer, Walter E. Battle Babies: The Story of the 99th Infantry Division in World War II. - Clinger, Fred, et al. (D 769.305 6th .H63 2000) Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz—the largest killing center and concentration camp complex—in January 1945. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Provides detailed accounts of liberation from both prisoners and soldiers of liberating units. - Briggs, Richard A. Portraits and accompanying biographies describing the wartime experiences of survivors and liberators who now live in Tennessee. - Web Resource: 45th Infantry Division Museum, Liberated Kaufering camps (Dachau subcamps), April 29-30, 1945. Includes archival footage of survivors and Nazi atrocities committed in the camp. Scrase, David, and Wolfgang Mieder, editors. Based on conversations with survivors, archival experts, and members of the units in question. In this file photo dated January 1945, three Auschwitz prisoners, right, talk with Soviet soldiers after the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, in Poland, was liberated by the Russians. Timberwolf Tracks: The History of the 104th Infantry Division, 1942-1945. - Ewing, Joseph H. 29, Let's Go! Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1946. Jewish GIs who were members of liberating units relate their experiences of encountering the concentration camps. ...read more, A launch pad fire during Apollo program tests at Cape Canaveral, Florida, kills astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee. Uses these first-hand accounts to describe the liberators’ shock and horror upon entering the Dachau Concentration Camp, as well as the resulting rounding up and shooting of the camp’s SS guards. (Oversize D 769.31 8th .E54 1946) Belsen in History and Memory. (D 804.3 .N56 1995) [Find in a library near you]. Frankfurt am Main-Schwanheim, Germany: F.J. Henrich, 1945. The victims of the Nazis initially also could not comprehend what was in … (Oversize D 805 .G3 A272 1994) [Find in a library near you]. British forces liberated concentration camps in northern Germany, including Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen. Due to South Vietnam’s unwillingness to recognize the Viet Cong’s Provisional Revolutionary Government, all references to it were ...read more, On January 27, 1996, Serbian-born tennis player Monica Seles, the former No. (D 805.A8 .M43 1990). (D 769.3053 20th .N53 2006) The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau, a History of the 45th Infantry Division. The results of that search indicate all libraries in your area that own that particular title. Nashville: Battery Press, 2004. Remembering Belsen: Eyewitnesses Record the Liberation. Love, 1952. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979. (Oversize D 805 .A2 L53 1981) [Find in a library near you]. Northampton: Pedigree Films, 1994. Based upon an exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. The win in Melbourne was Seles’ first Grand Slam title since she was stabbed by Gunther Parche, a self-professed ...read more, Forcefully marking the continued importance of the West in the development of nuclear weaponry, the government detonates the first of a series of nuclear bombs at its new Nevada test site. - Frankel, Nat, and Larry Smith. The prisoners were found by Soviet forces when they liberated Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. reading, is happening now. Includes captured Nazi footage and still photographs from personal archives. Atlanta, GA: A. - Thunderbolts in the ETO: A Pictorial After-action Report World War II. - The Seventy-first Came To Gunskirchen Lager. Brooklyn: Center for Holocaust Studies, Documentation and Research, 1981. Documents the liberation of the Westerbork transit camp by the South Saskatchewan Regiment of the Canadian Army. Patton's Best: An Informal History of the 4th Armored Division. Nashville: Battery Press, 1981. - Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Uses archival resources and eyewitness reports to explore the effect of the liberation of concentration camps had on both survivors and the liberators. Debate the Holocaust? Waltham, MA: National Center for Jewish Film, [2000]. Also includes accounts by other Buchenwald liberators describing their experiences, as well as archival footage of the liberation of Buchenwald. Though official reports were prepared at the time of liberation, individual soldiers often did not record their impressions of the camps until many years later. It is not meant to be exhaustive. Opens with a history of African-Americans in the United States military from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars through World War II. Nashville: Battery Press, 1988. Presents dozens of personal accounts from both liberators and prisoners, as well as numerous photographs. Liberation 1945: Testimony [videorecording]. Celinscak, Mark. Includes an appendix listing the death rates of prisoners suffering from typhus, malnutrition, and exhaustion in the days after liberation. Also includes a translated excerpt from the diary of Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz, kept while he was a prisoner at the camp. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. The people of Leningrad began ...read more. Deliverance Day: The Last Hours at Dachau. [N.p. An investigation indicated that a faulty electrical wire inside the Apollo 1 command module was the probable cause of the ...read more, On January 27, 1965, the Shelby GT 350, a version of a Ford Mustang sports car developed by the American auto racer and car designer Carroll Shelby, is launched. Includes a detailed chronology of events, as well as photographs, maps, excerpts of soldiers’ diaries, a glossary, and an index. Abzug, Robert H. GIs Remember: Liberating the Concentration Camps. The Siegfried and Beyond: The Odyssey of a Wartime Infantry Regiment 1943-1945. Bennington, VT: World War II Historical Society, 1995. The Library also has the companion book bearing the same title. - Pictorial History of the 69th Infantry Division, 15 May 1943 to 15 May 1945. When the Red Army finally broke through, Soviet soldiers encountered 648 corpses and more than 7,000 starving camp survivors. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. (D 805.5 .D33 S45 1980) [Find in a library near you]. Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II. Includes bibliographical references and index. (D 769.346 101st .B36 2003) New York: Bantam Books, 2010. This Soviet military footage shows children who were liberated at Auschwitz by the Soviet army. The Liberation of Auschwitz 1945 [videorecording]. When their Red Army liberators threw open the gates of Auschwitz 65 years ago this week, the survivors thought their nightmare had ended. American forces liberated concentration camps including Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen. A Corner of Hell: A Military History Report. Presents archival film footage held by the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum taken shortly after the liberation of various camps, including Auschwitz, Dachau, Mauthausen, and Bergen-Belsen. (Rare Oversize D769.3 42nd .A5 1946) (D 769.31 66th .M36 1993) Washington, DC: National Museum of American Jewish History, 1994. (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. Compilation of essays that consider the history of the Bergen-Belsen camp. (Oversize UA 27.5 26th .A1363 2002), Liberated Dinslaken (civilian labor camp), April 3, 1945. Portland, OR: Areopagitica Press, 1990. Coming from the west, United States forces liberated Buchenwald and Dachau in April 1945 and the British liberated Bergen-Belsen that same month. Includes numerous photographs. Dante’s political activities, including the banishing of several rivals, led to his own banishment, and he wrote his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, as a virtual ...read more, Explosions at a military depot in Lagos, Nigeria, trigger a stampede of fleeing people, during which more than 1,000 people are killed. Selzer, Michael. Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on January 27, 1945. Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front appeared on the grounds of the Monowitz sub-camp, on the eastern side of the city, that morning. - Dawson, W. Forrest. The Liberators: America's Witnesses to the Holocaust. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. - Web Resource: 36th Division Association, Liberated Dachau, April 29, 1945. - St. John, Philip A. 1, ordering all land and sea forces to advance on February 22, 1862. (Rare Oversize D 769.31 71st .C55 1946) - Linden, John H. Surrender of the Dachau Concentration Camp 29 Apr 45: The True Account. Provides detailed descriptions of camp living conditions as well as medical treatment provided by U.S. soldiers. West Point, KY: R.A. Briggs, 1954. Those unable to visit might be able to find these works in a nearby public library or acquire them through interlibrary loan. (D 805.5 .B47 B452 2006) [Find in a library near you]. Includes over 20 photographs and a glossary. (D 805.5 .D33 S63 1990) End of the Holocaust: The Liberation of the Camps. 1945: The Year of Liberation. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1999. survivor, followed by a question-and-answer session. The Holocaust: Personal Accounts. A first-person account of the liberation of Dachau by an Army medical officer, part of a team sent into the camp immediately after liberation. 2. On January 27, a Sunday ...read more, On January 27, 1978, Richard Chase, who becomes known as the “Dracula Killer,” murders Evelyn Miroth and Daniel Meredith, as well as Miroth’s 6-year-old son and another woman, in Sacramento, California. (Oversize D 769.3 4th .U55 1952) James, 1995. On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland. Rendezvous With Destiny: A History of the 101st Airborne Division. Sanders, Jim. The ceremony at the US Capitol, featuring a candle-lighting and names London: Sphere Books, Ltd., 1980. Medford, OR: Emek Press, 2005. Captures the emotional reunions of survivors and liberators at the First International Liberators Conference and explores the memories of those who survived the Holocaust and the men and women who liberated the camps. (D 805.5 .W47 L39 2000) [Find in a library near you]. ( F445.J5L58 2008). Black Hawks Over the Danube: The History of the 86th Infantry Division in World War II. (D 769.3053 8th .L4 1992) Seattle: Rainbow Division Veterans Association, 1998. Strzelecki, Andrzej. [N.p. After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945. Living On: Portraits of Tennessee Survivors and Liberators: A Project of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. Hirsh, Michael. True Holocaust Survivor Stories Of The Liberators Of Auschwitz: Accounts Of The Holocaust Rescuers Every so often, an event happens that yanks the reigns of the ever-churning machinery of time and stops the world in its tracks. (Rare Oversize D 769.3 103rd .C33 1944) New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Features eyewitness accounts of the liberation by Holocaust survivors and liberators who speak of their experiences, feelings, and reactions at the time. (D 805.5 .D33 D33 1998) American soldiers view the bodies of dead prisoners at Ohrdruf. The siege began officially on September 8, 1941. ), Liberated Buchenwald, April 12, 1945 and Ebensee (Mauthausen subcamp), May 4-5, 1945. Day of the Americans. Film by the Soviet Army chronicling the liberation of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Concentration Camp. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. - First Infantry Division in World War II: The Big Red One. Offers first-person accounts of the Holocaust by survivors, a rescuer, and liberators of Mauthausen and Dachau. Includes a detailed chronology of events surrounding the liberation. - James, Ernest C. Liberation of the Nordhausen and Dora/Mittelbau Concentration Camps: World War II, First Army, Seventh Corps, 104th Infantry Division, 238th Engineer Combat Battalion and Others. Belsen 1945: New Historical Perspectives. Augsburg, [1945?]. Bedford, PA: Aberjona Press, 2003. Nashville: Battery Press, 1985. Reprint of the original report published just weeks after the arrival of American troops in 1945. A collection of articles, photographs, newspaper reports, and personal testimonies documenting the liberation of the camps and the immediate aftermath. (D 769.3 1st .F57 1996) Washington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1995. They liberated the Auschwitz Main Camp and Birkenau at about 3 p.m., meeting some resistance from withdrawing German units at the Main Camp. (D 769.31 45th .W45 1998) (Oversize UA 27.5 29th .E93 1992), Liberated Kaufering camps (Dachau subcamps), April 30, 1945. The Museum's commemoration ceremony, including remarks by the German (D 793 .C66 1998) - Cooper, Belton Y. Soviet troops entered the Auschwitz camp in Poland on January 27, 1945. - Baldridge, Robert C. Victory Road. “The Liberation of the Concentration Camp at Dachau.” In Dachau and the Nazi Terror 1933-1945, edited by Wolfgang Benz and Barbara Distel, 9-17. - Cactus Caravan. Stone, Dan. Heller, Robert. Cleveland: 71st Infantry Division Association, 1993. Describes the soldiers' responses to the camps, both at the time and years later, and the difficulties they had after the war dealing with what they had seen. (DVD 0794). - Web Resource: Liberation of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp, Nordhausen, Germany, Liberated Dora-Mittelbau, April 11, 1945. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. The 89th Infantry Division, 1942-1945. The Gate is Open, You Can Go Survivors Speak: A Production of the Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, Pa [DVD]. For more detailed combat histories, see the Order of Battle for the European Theater of Operations during World War II, also provided by the Center of Military History. London: F. Cass, 1997. (D 804.355 .H65 1997), Liberated Dora-Mittelbau, April 11, 1945. Stern, Kenneth S. Liberators: A Background Report. Abzug, Robert H. Inside the Vicious Heart: Americans and the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps. [Wheaton, IL]: Cantigny First Division Foundation, 1996. To search library catalogs or other electronic search tools for materials on the liberation of concentration camps, use the following Library of Congress subject heading to retrieve the most relevant citations: Look through a curated list of frequently searched collection types and themes. (D 769.31 8th .G75 1945), Liberated Gusen (Mauthausen subcamp), May 5, 1945. The liberators’ recollections are historically important, vivid, riveting, heartbreaking, and, on rare occasions, joyous and uplifting. An hour-by-hour account of the liberation of concentration camp Dachau, based on numerous interviews with former prisoners and the American soldiers who liberated them. "Liberators" is a misnomer, according to these aging veterans (most of whom are uncomfortable with that appelation), since the German soldiers had fled by the time the Yanks arriv Mr. Hirsh has interviewed hundreds of American GIs and nurses who happened to be among the units who discovered the Nazi concentration camps throughout Eastern Europe. Important Announcement. - Dann, Sam. (D769.3053 11th .S74 1948) Bridgman, Jon. The prisoners left behind in the camp hoped to regain their freedom. - Eighth Infantry Division: A Combat History By Regiments and Special Units. The liberating units encountered deplorable conditions in the camps, where malnutrition and disease were rampant, and corpses lay unburied. London: Routledge, 1998. Having liberated Warsaw and Krakow, Soviet troops headed for Auschwitz. Focuses on the liberation of the camps as told by four liberators from different branches of the armed services. Day of liberation. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Cary, NC: Strong Communications, 1990. TTY: 202.488.0406. Collects eyewitness accounts and testimonies regarding the liberation and conditions of the Nazi concentration camps, including reports from soldiers, medical personnel and clergy. Auschwitz prisoners were liberated by four Red Army infantry divisions. (Oversize D 811 .B35 1995), Liberated Landsberg (Dachau subcamp), April 27, 1945. Clementsport, NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, 2000. 20th Armored Division Association, 2006. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1999. - Rapport, Leonard, and Arthur Northwood. The Russian president, Vladimir V. … (Oversize D 769.3 1st .F575 1995) It was a paradox of history that soldiers formally representing Stalinist totalitarianism brought freedom to the prisoners of Nazi totalitarianism. Offers a personal account of the liberation of concentration camp Dachau by the 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions on April 29, 1945. Santa Monica, CA: Direct Cinema Limited, 1993. Describes the ways in which the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has honored those American army divisions recognized as liberating units by the Center of Military History and the Museum. (D805.5.B47 C45 2015) [Find in a library near you]. (Rare D805.5.G86 U5 1945, also D805.5.G86 U5 1979. Includes bibliographical references and index. : n.p., 1997]. (Oversize D 769.3 42nd .R35 1998) New York: American Jewish Committee, 1993. - Hoffman, George F. The Super Sixth: History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II. The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of … - Whitlock, Flint. Carmel, IN: Cork Hill Press, 2004. (D 804.195 .H646 2001) [Find in a library near you]. - Hoegh, Leo A., and Howard J. Doyle. Soviet cameraman Alexander Vorontsov shares his impressions of the liberation. - Andrus, Clift. Holocaust Memorial Council, 1983. Note: Tapes three and four feature interviews with liberators. (D 769.346 101st .R26 2001), Faces of the Holocaust [videorecording]. - 14th Armored Division Association (U.S.). Recounts the liberation of the concentration camps through testimony of soldiers from Poland, Russia, Britain and the United States. Nashville: Battery Press, 1992. - Draper, Theodore. Belsen: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp. Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago, and we are “no closer to comprehending the magnitude of the catastrophe,” writes Michael Zank. Liberating Auschwitz was not in their orders, but when a group of scouts stumbled into Birkenau on January 27, 1945, they knew they had found something terrible. Written by a journalist who was among the liberated prisoners. - Sheavly, William H. The Stories of Our War: Memories From the Men of the Fighting 69th Infantry Division. - Nichols, Lester M. Impact: The Battle Story of the Tenth Armored Division. Thousands of prisoners were also used for medical experiments overseen and performed by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death.”, Listen to HISTORY This Week Podcast: Episode 4: January 27, 1945 Surviving Auschwitz. Includes descriptions and images from liberating troops of numerous concentration camps. Recounts the actions of over 150 United States soldiers who liberated Nazi concentration camps and how those experiences affected their lives. - History of the 84th Infantry Division. [N.p. [Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944]. (Oversize D 811.A2 M365 1999) Film and Video Archive: Concentration Camps (Liberation). (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. Flanagan, Ben, and Donald Bloxham, editors. - 4th Infantry Division: Occupation of Germany, 1952. Potter, Lou, William Miles, and Nina Rosenblum. Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II. (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. - Nichols, Jeff. On January 27, 1945, the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying. Center of Military History: Combat Chronicles of U.S. Army Divisions. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2001. (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. (D 769.306 761st .P68 1992) [Find in a library near you]. London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2006. (D 769.3 69th .F54 1991) You Are Free [videorecording]. Sacramento: E.C. Seventh Army. Includes, in the Book Three section, interviews from members of the 45th, 42nd, 99th, and 106th Infantry Divisions discussing the liberation of Dachau. - McMahon, Gerald. Provides a historical overview of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen as well as a description of the efforts by British medical personnel to control the typhus epidemic in the camp. The Day the Thunderbird Cried: Untold Stories of World War II. Auschwitz I and nearby Auschwitz II … Romani Rose, from Germany's Council of Romas, spoke for European Gypsies who were also interned and killed there. (D 769.3 84th .D7 2000) - The Legacy of the 4th Armored Division. On January 27, 1943, future President Ronald Reagan, an Army Air Corps first lieutenant during World War II, is on an active-duty assignment with the Army’s First Motion Picture Unit. Among the 2,819 liberated Auschwitz inmates, there were 180 children; 52 of them were … Red Army soldiers entered Oświęcim that day. - A History of the United States Twelfth Armored Division: 15 September, 1942-17 December, 1945. Tells the story of African-American units in the Second World War, focusing on the actions of the 761st Tank Battalion, which the producers assert helped liberate the concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dachau, and Lambach. Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1987. A History of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II. We are building this Liberators’ section in the Cybrary, and Chuck Ferree was the first to share his story. Annotations are provided to help the user determine the item’s focus, and call numbers for the Museum’s Library are given in parentheses following each citation. (D 805 .A2 D323 2002 v.2) [Find in a library near you]. Oxford, OH: SOITA [distributor], 1989. (D 769.3 90th .A27 1999), Liberated Werl (prison and civilian labor camp), April 2-8, 1945. [N.p. Fairfax, VA: Yaderman Books, 1990. (D 769.3 99th .H86 2008), Liberated Landsberg (Dachau subcamp), April 27, 1945. - Steward, Hal D. Thunderbolt. [Find in a library near you]. - Web Resource: 65th Division Association, Liberated Leipzig-Thekla (Buchenwald subcamp), April 19, 1945. (D 756 .H3 1986) The prisoners greeted them as authentic liberators. Smith, Marcus J. Harrowing of Hell: Dachau.