Buchenwald, Peeneünde, Mittelbau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps during the Second World War

We arrived at Juno Beach and had to stay on board until a road was laid for us as the sand had all been blown up.... All the while waiting we could hear battleships firing-the noise was so loud it almost burst our eardrums.... It was liberated by the British in April 1945.On arriving at the gates he remembered: “ We were confronted by the commanding officer asking if we knew where we were, which none of us did....

He survived the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp in the same war.... " It is with horror that we report the violent death of Boris Romanchenko in the war in Ukraine," the memorial for the Buchenwald survivors said on Monday in a statement.... With each day of this war, it becomes more obvious what denazification means to them." Romanchenko was born on Jan....

The officer with a smile on his face told us to collect our kit and we were then trucked down to board onto a landing craft.... All the while waiting we could hear battleships firing-the noise was so loud it almost burst our eardrums.... I am sure I was not the only one who was petrified at what we were about to walk into.“ We stayed in Courseulles-sur-Mer for about five weeks taking petrol and supplies to the frontline mainly from the Mulberry Harbour which was in operation after about 10 day

HarperCollins is under pressure to pull a book which claimed to reveal who betrayed Anne Frank after its findings were discredited. The book’s investigating team suggested that a Jewish man called Arnold van den Bergh was responsible for her and her family’s arrests during the Second World War. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation said that Van den Bergh had probably given up the Franks’ hiding location to save his own family. Its investigating team, led by a retired FBI investi

The portraits will become part of the Royal Collection and will be displayed in Buckingham Palace while the process of creating them will be covered in a forthcoming BBC documentary.... All seven survivors were children during the holocaust and are now in their 90s. Helen Aronson, Lily Ebert, Manfred Goldberg, Arek Hersh, Anita Lasker Wallfisch, Rachel Levy and Zigi Shipper will talk about their experiences in the BBC Two programme, Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust.It will be broadcast on

Only Anne’s father, Otto Frank, survived the war.... The museum gave the researchers access to its archives for the cold case project.“ No, I don’t think we can say that a mystery has been solved now.... “ I think they come up with a lot of interesting information, but I also think there are still many missing pieces of the puzzle....

Holocaust survivors have gathered in central London to light candles and remember the victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day.A group of nearly 30 survivors and their families stood on the steps of Piccadilly Circus holding flickering candles to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, as well as the millions from other groups killed under Nazi persecution. The day is also used to remember the millions killed in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfu

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for January 17 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Ronald Leopold, executive director of the Anne Frank House, stands next to the passage to the secret annex during an interview in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Jan.... The museum gave the researchers access to its archives for the cold case project." No, I don’t think we can say that a mystery has been solved now....

Today is Monday, April 15, the 106th day of 2024.... President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died on April 12, was buried at the Roosevelt family home in Hyde Park, New York.In 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black major league player of the modern era, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day at Ebbets Field.... Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal swimmer Dara Torres is 57....