1981 International Liberators Conference collection
Contains June 15, 1981, letter by William H. Applegate confirming that he was present at the liberation of a "work camp" near Füsen, Germany, and later witnessed the aftermath of the Dachau liberation.
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- Füsen
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1981
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1 folder
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Contains testimonies written by concentration camp liberators during the 1981 International Liberators Conference held in Washington, D.C., in October 1981. The testimonies describe liberation experiences at various Nazi concentration camps throughout Europe at the end of World War II. Also included are letters from Miles Lerman and Elie Wiesel to the liberators describing the International Liberators Conference. Some of these records may be unified into a single collection in the future.
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Includes testimonies, letters, and other materials relating to the liberation of the Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora-Mittelbau) concentration camp. Includes information about activities of the 44th US Evacuation Hospital and other Allied military units involved in the liberation or its aftermath, statistics of dead prisoners, and the various types of prisoners held at Nordhausen. Also included is information concerning a labor camp at Niedersachswerfen, Germany.
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Contains information about the liberation of Wöbbelin concentration camp. Includes information about activities of the 8th US Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division in Europe and their participation in the liberation of the camp, the gas chambers and crematoria in the camp, and the public burial of victims from the camp in nearby in Hagenow, Germany.
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Contains testimonies, letters, and other materials relating to the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp and North Stalag III near Ohrdruf. Included is information about activities of the 4th U.S. Armored Division and other Allied military units involved in the liberation, gas chambers and crematoria found in the camp, and last-minute killings of prisoners by German guards before liberation. Also included are copies of photographs of Ohrdruf death scenes and clean-up efforts of liberators.
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Contains testimonies, letters, and articles relating to the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp. Includes information about activities of the 11th U.S. Armored Division and the 130th U.S. Evacuation Hospital, the work of U.S. Army nurses with the survivors of the camp, and the situation of starvation and poor sanitation in the camp upon liberation. Also included is a speech given by Marie Knowles Ellifritz on June 5, 1982, to the Elizabeth Buxton Hospital Nurses Alumnae describing her experiences as a US Army nurse serving at Mauthausen after liberation.
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Contains testimonies and articles relating to the liberation of Dachau concentration camp by several United States Army units.
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Contains a letter written by William J. Spotten, June 4, 1981, describing liberation activities of the 14th US Armored Division in the vicinity of Moosburg, Germany. Also included is a copy of a reprint of an October 1946 article entitled "An Incident at Ampfing" by Michael B. Shimkin describing relief efforts by Public Health Team Number Two of the US Public Health Service attached to the 3rd US Army at the concentration camp near the town of Ampfing, Germany.
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Contains a liberator testimony by Alex Bourdas dated February 28, 1981. The testimony describes Bourdas' experiences with the 13th US Armored Division at the liberation of several "stalags" in the area of Altheim, Germany.
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Contains a copy of a liberator testimony written by Rabbi Samuel Teitelbaum, dated April 7, 1981. The testimony describes Teitelbaum's experiences as a military chaplain from June 1943 to November 1945, and his account of the situation of the liberated Jewish communities of Tunis,Tunisia, and Palermo, Sicily.
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Consists of a testimony written by Bill Silverburg in May 1981. The testimony includes Silverburg's recollection of a "museum" near Münster in Westfalen, Germany, which he visited while serving with the 9th United States Army in May 1945. Silverburg states that the "museum" consisted of exhibits made from the human remains of Jews.
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Contains a testimony in letter form written by Joel Fredrick on March 23, 1981, relating to his experiences working with displaced persons at the close of World War II. Fredrick mentions working in displaced persons camps in the area of Hof, Germany, where he was involved with clandestine operations to swap Jewish displaced persons posing as German nationals between theAmerican and Russian zones.
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Contains a letter written by Rudolph P. Wirth on March 24, 1981, concerning the liberation of a concentration camp at Landau, Germany, by the 101st United States Airborne Division.
