Posts Tagged: Dachau concentration camp
New Book Tells Tale of Black US Soldiers Who Took in Jewish Holocaust Survivors After Liberating Nazi Camps
Lieutenant John L. Withers Sr. knew he was breaking military rules but did so anyway. He took in two young Jewish Polish Holocaust survivors just after...
Bills Pass on Antisemitism Envoy, Assistance to Israel, Marking Dachau Liberation
JNS.org - The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed bills on Thursday benefiting the Jewish and pro-Israel community, and instilling a resolution to remember the...
Holocaust Survivor of Nine Concentration Camps, Purveyor of Message About Nazi Atrocities, Dies at Age 91
A Holocaust survivor who spent his teenage years in nine different concentration camps before moving to the US, becoming a successful businessman and attempting to educate...
Dachau’s Makeover: Former Nazi Death Camp Housing Dozens of Refugees
JNS.org - A portion of the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau is being used to house dozens of refugees, the German town’s mayor says. The concentration camp,...
German Chancellor Merkel Warns Against Closing ‘Our Eyes and Ears’ to Antisemitism
Yahoo/AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Sunday that society must "never close its eyes" to antisemitism as she joined Holocaust survivors to mark 70...
German Chancellor Merkel Joins Holocaust Survivors to Mark Dachau Liberation
JNS.org- German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp near Munich on Sunday. In a speech before...
Russian Refuses to Take Down Fence Resembling Entrance to Nazi Concentration Camp, Says He’s Not Anti-Semitic
A Russian businessman denied being anti-Semitic and refused to take down a garden fence resembling the gate that surrounded the Buchenwald concentration camp, the UK's...
Never-Before Seen Color U.S. Army Footage Shows Horrors of Dachau (VIDEO)
Never-before seen color footage shot by a Hollywood filmmaker during World War II has revealed the U.S. Army's discovery of the Dachau concentration camp. In several...
