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  1. Sep 30

    Elie Wiesel, & survivor, writer, 1986 Peace Prize laureate, was born in 1928. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." (Elie Wiesel).

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  2. Mar 22

    As we close in on the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald I thought I’d post this recent photo of my 93 year old Grandfather who will celebrate the annual anniversary with the few survivors left in Melbourne.

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  3. Jan 27

    Thousands of wedding rings the Nazis removed from their victims to salvage the gold near concentration camp on May 5, 1945. U.S. troops liberating the camp found stolen rings, watches, precious stones, eyeglasses, and gold fillings.

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  4. Apr 11

    On This Day 1945: American forces liberated the concentration camp. The Nazis imprisoned in this camp almost 280,000 people. Thank you for saving Jewish prisoners!

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  5. Aug 16

    It would only be "plagiarized" if I didn't acknowledge the source or credit it. In all of my proposals and presentations, I have credited Hoheisel and Knitz's work, being transparent about its influence.

    Thread- Thought for the day: Can a memorial be plagiarized? 's vital and moving memorial to the trade at Faneuil Hall's body heat element is taken directly from Hoheisel's memorial.
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  6. Oct 13

    Discovered recently this photo of my grandfa who was prisoner at in his inmate suits. Surprisingly I can’t recognize the area, bcoz of the buildings behind the Barrack. Unless error or omission he was not part of any Kommandos Any idea of where it can be ? Weimar🚂?

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  7. Dec 23
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    My dad fought in that battle. Later, he was a liberator at , and a recipient. I miss him so very much.

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  8. Mar 26

    A survivor of the concentration camp liberated by the U.S. Army identifies a former guard who brutally beat prisoners on April 14, 1945.

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  9. Jun 19
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    This policy Reminiscent pre-civil war slave masters . from their mothers & fathers. intentional . 100 degrees predicted in tent city today. had their "show"concentration camp:

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  10. Aug 12

    Visiting near today: the distance between humanism and barbarism is so horrifyingly narrow. Remembering Syria, , , today. When will barbarism stop?

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  11. Jun 24

    10 years ago - on 24 June 2008 - Józef Szajna died. He was a painter, set designer and theater director. A prisoner of and . Member of the International Auschwitz Council in its 1st and 2nd term.

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  12. Nov 12

    In 1944, Frederic Martini’s plane was shot down over occupied France. He was captured by the German SS and held at Concentration Camp. In this clip, Ric Martini describes the conditions in the camp. Full interview:

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  13. Apr 10

    Today in history: in 1945, Allied troops liberate the Nazi death camp . It was one of the first and largest concentration camps on German soil. Prisoners came from all over Europe, including Jews, Poles, Roma, homosexuals, and prisoners of war.

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  14. Aug 7
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    learned from «Interview» that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wanted to make a documentary about a Black battallion which was first to liberate

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  15. Apr 11

    1945- liberated. The Nazi guards had already fled & an inmate answered the phone when the Gestapo called. They ordered the camp blown up & the remaining inmates killed. The inmate answered not to worry that they were already doing that.. (1 of 2)

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  16. Jul 15

    Today in 1937, the concentration camp opens near the city of Weimar, Germany.

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  17. Jun 20

    My grandfather was an survivor. He was ratted out by a neighbor for harboring Jewish children so they would not be separated or harmed. He put his life in danger to

    The history of is a human story - the history of those who suffered & perished but also the story of people who created & followed the ideology of hatred to persecute & murder others. We should learn from the past to create better and more responsible future.
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  18. Apr 11

    73 years ago, OTD, my father was liberated from . He was 16 years old. This is what he looked like in his prisoner file card photo. In Hebrew, the word for is both a commandment and a blessing. .

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  19. Jan 29

    After liberation from , Josef Perl returned home and “when he arrived, he was greeted by his neighbour pointing a gun at him, shouting: “Get off my property Jew or I’ll finish ’s job for him”

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  20. Feb 20

    Alex Gross, a survivor of + , teaches students about life and survival as he tells the harrowing story of his time in concentration camps during the . He's such an inspiration.

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