liberation

Tells the story, in their own words, of two survivors of World War II concentration camps, and two American soldiers who helped liberate the camps.

Presents a narrative description of the events of May 6, 1945, when members of the U.S. Army marched into the Mauthausen concentration camp during World War II, and were presented with a makeshift United States flag by a group of prisoners of war.

Examines the liberation of the concentration and death camps in 1945 and the creation of displaced persons camps.

Tells the story, in their own words, of two survivors of World War II concentration camps, and two American soldiers who helped liberate the camps.

These are the stories of the American soldiers, the "everyday fighting men", and the nurses, who were the first to know the horrifying truth about the Holocaust because they liberated the death camps. The liberators' recollections are historically important. Most are now in their eighties and nineties and many still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and continue to experience Holocaust-related nightmares.

Presents a narrative description of the events of May 6, 1945, when members of the U.S. Army marched into the Mauthausen concentration camp during World War II, and were presented with a makeshift United States flag by a group of prisoners of war.