Austin: 36th Division Association, Turner Publishing Co., 1995. - Rapport, Leonard, and Arthur Northwood. Center of Military History: Combat Chronicles of U.S. Army Divisions. Includes photographs and an index. Smith, Marcus J. Harrowing of Hell: Dachau. Jewish children in Auschwitz II (Birkenau) pose in camp uniforms between rows of barbed wire fencing after liberation. Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/Getty Images. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Emory University, 2000. © 2021 A&E Television Networks, LLC. - Hoffman, George F. The Super Sixth: History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II. It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established in October 1941, that the SS created a complex, monstrously orchestrated killing ground: 300 prison barracks; four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed; corpse cellars; and cremating ovens. (Rare D805.5.G86 U5 1945, also D805.5.G86 U5 1979. Fairfax, VA: Yaderman Books, 1990. (D 805.5 .D33 S45 1980) [Find in a library near you]. Baton Rouge: Army & Navy Publishing Co., 1946. - Web Resource: 3rd Armored Division Association Archives (Rare Oversize D769.3 42nd .A5 1946) - Keithan, John William. 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. - History of the 84th Infantry Division. Memoir of Jim Sanders, an ambulance driver for the United States 4th Armored Division during World War II. Seventh Army. - Now It Can Be Told: 14th Arm'd Div. 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. It is extremely important for Liberators and any other witnesses to the atrocities of the Holocaust to document their testimonies. (D 769.3053 8th .L4 1992) Coming from the west, United States forces liberated Buchenwald and Dachau in April 1945 and the British liberated Bergen-Belsen that same month. The 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of Germany, November 1944-May 1945. "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. Santa Monica, CA: Direct Cinema Limited, 1993. - McMahon, Gerald. Describes the liberation of Mauthausen and its satellite camps by the United States as remembered by a former Mauthausen prisoner, a United States Army nurse, and a United States Army investigator. Recounts the story of camp liberations as American soldiers and other eyewitnesses, such as General Eisenhower, Joseph Pulitzer, Meyer Levin, and Margaret Bourke-White, experienced them. - 14th Armored Division Association (U.S.). New York: American Jewish Committee, 1993. (Oversize D 769.31 42nd .A14 1987) Note: Tapes three and four feature interviews with liberators. - Hoegh, Leo A., and Howard J. Doyle. Tells the story of Robert Clary, including his participation in the liberation of Buchenwald. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1991. Ast, Theresa Lynn. A former U.S. soldier who helped liberate one of … Modesto, CA: IF Books, 2009. [N.p. Jewish GIs who were members of liberating units relate their experiences of encountering the concentration camps. Waltham, MA: National Center for Jewish Film, 2007. [Germany: 14th Arm'd Div., 1945?]. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps. (D 769.3 86th .B75 1954) Those unable to visit might be able to find these works in a nearby public library or acquire them through interlibrary loan. (D 769.3053 20th .N53 2006) Explore our comprehensive entries on the events, people, and places of the Holocaust. (Oversize D 769.3 42nd .A5 1944) Navato, CA: Presidio Press, 1998. Washington: U.S. - Web Resource: 65th Division Association, Liberated Leipzig-Thekla (Buchenwald subcamp), April 19, 1945. Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust, Confronting the Holocaust: American Soldiers who Liberated the Concentration Camps, Society of the First Infantry Division: History, National 4th Infantry (Ivy) Division Association, The Fighting 69th Infantry Division Web Site, Liberation of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp, Nordhausen, Germany, 3rd Armored Division Association Archives, Yale Fortunoff Video Archive: An American officer describes the liberation of Mauthausen, Database of Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, World War, 1939-1945–Concentration camps–Liberation. [N.p. (D 805.G3 J36 1995) The prisoners welcomed the Soviet soldiers as true liberat… [N.p. - Thompson, Norm. Auschwitz prisoners were liberated by four Red Army infantry divisions. Dachau Liberated: The Official Report by the U.S. Portraits and accompanying biographies describing the wartime experiences of survivors and liberators who now live in Tennessee. The Liberation of Auschwitz 1945 [videorecording]. Love, 1952. The Siegfried and Beyond: The Odyssey of a Wartime Infantry Regiment 1943-1945. Includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. (D 769.31 45th .W45 1998) Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 2001 reprint of 1948 ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. Collects accounts of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen written by soldiers, prisoners, and relief workers. Law, C. E. Kamp Westerbork, Transit Camp to Eternity: The Liberation Story. Nashville: Battery Press, 1997. [N.p. Clementsport, NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, 2000. Teaneck, NJ: Ergo Media Inc., 1992. (Rare D 769.26 7th .A5 1945), Liberated Dachau, April 29, 1945. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Celinscak, Mark. Washington: 11th Armored Division Association, [1948?]. Cleveland: 71st Infantry Division Association, 1993. 1 women’s player in the world, defeats Anke Huber of Germany to win the Australian Open. (Oversize UA 27.5 29th .E93 1992), Liberated Kaufering camps (Dachau subcamps), April 30, 1945. (D 805 .G3 A27 1985) [Find in a library near you]. This Soviet military footage shows children who were liberated at Auschwitz by the Soviet army. A Corner of Hell: A Military History Report. Selzer, Michael. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1988. Liberated Falkenau an der Eger (Flossenbürg subcamp), May 7, 1945. Based on liberators' responses to a detailed questionnaire, the oral histories and personal papers of approximately five hundred World War II veterans, and on original military documents. (D761 .T56 1990z), Liberated Dachau, April 29, 1945. 86th Blackhawk Infantry Division. (D 805 .A2 L524 1987) [Find in a library near you]. - Ewing, Joseph H. 29, Let's Go! (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. - Ambrose, Stephen E. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. A Pictorial History of the 36th Texas Infantry Division. 20th Armored Division Association, 2006. Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago, and we are “no closer to comprehending the magnitude of the catastrophe,” writes Michael Zank. As the Allies advanced across Europe, they encountered and then liberated Nazi concentration camps and the inmates they found there. After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945. The prisoners left behind in the camp hoped to regain their freedom. Dachau 29 April 1945: The Rainbow Liberation Memoirs. (D 805 .A2 D323 2002 v.2) [Find in a library near you]. Talk to your local librarian for assistance. - Steward, Hal D. Thunderbolt. Ask at the reference desk to see the subject file labeled World War, 1939-1945–Concentration camps–Liberation containing newspaper and periodical articles. 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. Debate the Holocaust? Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2001. New York: Bantam Books, 2010. Includes a detailed bibliography. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2002. (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. (D 769.31 8th .G75 1945), Liberated Gusen (Mauthausen subcamp), May 5, 1945. (Oversize D 769.31 8th .E54 1946) (D 805.5 .D33 D332 2000) [Find in a library near you]. (Oversize D 769.31 36th .P53 1995) West Point, KY: R.A. Briggs, 1954. [N.p. They liberated the Auschwitz Main Camp and Birkenau at about 3 p.m., meeting some resistance from withdrawing German units at the Main Camp. - Web Resource: 63rd Infantry Division Association, Liberated Flossenbürg subcamp, April 20-21, 1945. The Library also has the companion book bearing the same title. • Camp of Death pamphlet (1942) by Natalia Zarembina It was a paradox of history that soldiers formally representing Stalinist totalitarianism brought freedom to the prisoners of Nazi totalitarianism. The Russian president, Vladimir V. … (D 805 .G3 S596 1972) [Find in a library near you]. (Oversize D 811 .B35 1995), Liberated Landsberg (Dachau subcamp), April 27, 1945. Provides a day-by-day account of the liberation, interspersed with eyewitness accounts from liberators and prisoners. Offers a personal account of the liberation of concentration camp Dachau by the 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions on April 29, 1945. (D769.3 45th .I87 2005) [Find in a library near you]. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 Auschwitz had been liberated, but the war still plodded on, shaping the massive camp complex. Liberation 1945: Testimony [videorecording]. survivor, followed by a question-and-answer session. London: Sphere Books, Ltd., 1980. Romani Rose, from Germany's Council of Romas, spoke for European Gypsies who were also interned and killed there. Describes the forced evacuation of prisoners from the camp and the destruction of incriminating documents by the retreating troops. 11th Armored Division, Thunderbolt. Describes the weeks leading up to and following the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp by American troops in April 1945. The vanguard was composed of fighters from the 107th and 100th divisions. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Includes illustrations, bibliographical references, and index. (D 769.346 82nd .S34 2004), Liberated Landsberg (Dachau subcamp), April 28, 1945. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. 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. British forces liberated concentration camps in northern Germany, including Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen. ...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. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. New York: First Run/Icarus Films, 1995. Reprint of the original report published just weeks after the arrival of American troops in 1945. Includes photographs and index of images. (Oversize D 769.3 4th .U55 1952) Nashville: Battery Press, 2000. Includes an appendix listing the death rates of prisoners suffering from typhus, malnutrition, and exhaustion in the days after liberation. 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. Belsen: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp. Oxford, OH: SOITA [distributor], 1989. - Web Resource: 89th Infantry Division: Ohrdruf, Liberated Flossenbürg, April 23, 1945. Bennington, VT: World War II Historical Society, 1995. Frankfurt am Main-Schwanheim, Germany: F.J. Henrich, 1945. : n.p., 1945?]. (Rare Oversize D 769.3 103rd .C33 1944) (D 769.3 69th .F54 1991) 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. Remembering Belsen: Eyewitnesses Record the Liberation. The History of the 71st Infantry Division. (Video Collection) [Find in a library near you]. The camp was still a prison, this time for thousands of … - Web Resource: 45th Infantry Division Museum, Liberated Kaufering camps (Dachau subcamps), April 29-30, 1945. 1945: The Year of Liberation. Includes graphic archival footage of the camps. 2 February, 2021 at 8:21 AM. The United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and North Vietnam formally sign “An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” in Paris. Includes numerous photographs. Rendezvous With Destiny: A History of the 101st Airborne Division. + 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. Booklet produced to accompany a 1991 exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in London about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. 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. –General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s letter to General George C. Marshall dated April 15, 1945. The Thunderbolt Across Europe: A History of the 83d Infantry Division, 1942-1945. Holocaust Memorial Council, 1983. - Web Resource: The Fighting 69th Infantry Division Web Site, Liberated Gunskirchen (Mauthausen subcamp), May 5-6, 1945. Based upon an exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. Among the 2,819 liberated Auschwitz inmates, there were 180 children; 52 of them were … Film and Video Archive: Concentration Camps (Liberation). (D 769.347 506th .A57 1993) - Nichols, Jeff. Important Announcement.