The memorial of the previous Buchenwald focus camp close to Weimar, Germany, 11 April 2015. On 11 April 1945, US troops arrived on the camp which held 21,000 prisoners.
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The memorial of the previous Buchenwald focus camp close to Weimar, Germany, 11 April 2015. On 11 April 1945, US troops arrived on the camp which held 21,000 prisoners.
Sebastian Kahnert/Getty Photos
This summer season marks 80 years for the reason that finish of World Battle II when Allied forces liberated Nazi-occupied Europe, and likewise started to find the horrific scale of the Holocaust.
An estimated six million Jews had been systematically murdered by the Nazi regime. Hundreds of thousands of others confronted lethal persecution.
With the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer survivors who can inform the tales of what they witnessed and endured.
As soon as fringe concepts of Holocaust denial are spreading. A number of members of President Donald Trump’s administration have expressed help for Nazi sympathizers and individuals who promote antisemitism And fewer and fewer survivors of the Holocaust are round to share their tales.
The tales of those that lived by means of the Holocaust are in peril of being forgotten. And there is a race in opposition to time to report as many as doable.
On this episode, the story of a Jewish man who survived Buchenwald and an American soldier, who helped liberate the focus camp.
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This episode was produced by Monika Evstatieva, Kai McNamee and Matt Ozug.
It was edited by Barrie Hardymon and Courtney Dorning.
Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.
