Two American soldiers cross the Rhine River into Germany.
Overview
- Caption
- Two American soldiers cross the Rhine River into Germany.
Pictured in the foreground is Jack Caminer. - Date
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1945 March 29
- Locale
- Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jack Caminer
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Jack CaminerSource Record ID: Collections: 2004.177
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Jack Caminer (born Hans Wolfgang Caminer) was the son of Anna Lang Caminer and Hermann Caminer. He was born on November 28, 1922 in Berlin where his father was the attorney for a Jewish bank. He had one brother, Guenther Ernst born on June 13, 1926. In 1932 Hans left his family to attend school in Switzerland. In 1938 the family immigrated to the United States shortly before Kristallnacht. In 1944 Hans (now Jack) was drafted into the American army and was sent to Camp Ritchie with other German immigrants to prepare for intelligence work. In 1945 he returned to Germany as a soldier in the American army and participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Shortly after returning home he married Frances Hoytash. Though Hans and his parents and brother survived, Anna's father, Max Lang was unable to emigrate. He had owned a coal business that was Aryanized. He was deported to Theresienstadt where he passed away from natural causes. Hermann's brother and sister-in-law, Hans and Erna Caminer, also perished in the Holocaust. Hermann's sister who was married to a Christian survived in Berlin.
- Record last modified:
- 2007-08-02 00:00:00
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