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duringtheHolocaustatAuschwitzandBergenBelsen.Althoughherexperiencemight
notbesimilartoothers,shetoowasaHolocaustsurvivorthatgaveavoicetothosewho
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ThisphotographwascapturedwhentheUSSRliberatedAuschwitz.Auschwitz
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thisphotograph,protestorsareseenputtingupsigndemandingforimmigration.
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Thetitleofthisvideois
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andwaspublishedin
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documentary,therewasinterviewofaformerSovietsoldierwhorecalledwhathesawat

Auschwitz.The39secondsthatwastakenfromthevideoincludedfootagefilmedbythe
USSRofAuschwitzbetweenJanuarytoFebruaryof1945.Thisdocumentarythat
includedlivefootageofAuschwitzandaninterviewhelpedprovidedmoreevidenceon
thepointofviewoftheAlliesastheyenteredthecamp.

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Thetitleofthisvideois
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andwaspublishedin2015as
aninterviewanddocumentaryofAuschwitz.Inthisdocumentary,therewereinterviews
fromexpertsandpeoplewhostudytheHolocaust.The1minuteand9secondsthatwas
takenfromthevideoincludedfootagefilmedbytheUSSRofAuschwitzbetween
JanuarytoFebruaryof1945.ThisdocumentarythatincludedlivefootageofAuschwitz
andaninterviewhelpedprovidedmoreevidenceonthepointofviewoftheAlliesas
theyenteredthecamp.
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ThevoicesofAuschwitz
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itiswrittenbyAnthonyFaiola,RuthEglash,and
MichelleBoorsteinandpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.At
thehandsoftheThirdReich,morethanonemillionpeopleperished.Themajorityofthe
victimswereJewsandtherestwereEthnicRoma,Gays,JehovahsWitnesses,andPolish
prisonersofwar.

OnJanuary27,1945,TheSovietArmyliberatedAuschwitz.This

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Holocausttimeline:aftermath
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https://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/after.htm
Thetitleis
HolocaustTimeline:Aftermath,
itiswrittenbyFloridaCenterfor
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Thistimelinecoversalltheeventsthathappenedfrom1945to2001thathastodowith
theHolocaustandtheestablishmentoftheStateofIsrael.Twolargeongoingproblems
thatemergedafterWWIIwastheretributionforperpetratorsandtheresettlementofthe
survivors.WarcriminalsincludingHitlersdeputyministertoconcentrationcampswere
broughttointernationalandnationalcourtsinGermany,Austria,France,Italy,theSoviet
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itiswrittenbyE.
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BritishMandateofPalestineexpiredin1948,theJewishPeoplesCouncildecidedto
declaretheestablishmentofIsrael.OnMay14,1948,DavidBenGurionformally
declaredtheStateofIsraelandbecamethefirstPrimeMinisterofIsrael.

Thisarticle

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Liberationofconcentrationcamps
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Thetitleis
LiberationofConcentrationCamps,
itiswrittenbyStephenHartand
publishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Duringthelastmonthsofthe
war,theGermansslowlyevacuatedconcentrationcampsandforcingprisonerstogoon
deathmarchesastheAlliedadvancedtowardsthesecamps.TheAmericansfirst
discoveredthesecampsonApril4,1945whentheyliberatedaslavelaborcampat
Ohrdruf.AtBergenBelsen,theBritishliberatedapproximately9,000inmatesmany
sufferingfromtyphusandstarvation.Diseasesliketyphus,dysentery,andtuberculosis
werefoundamonginmatesalloverNaziconcentrationcamps
.
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Thetitleis
Oh,No,ItCantBe,
itiswrittenbyHolocaustTeacherResourceCenter
andpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Thetruecrueltyand
brutalityoftheNaziwereonlyrevealedwhentheAlliesinvadedGermanyattheendof
thewar.ThesurvivorsofthecampsonlyfurtherrevealthetruefaceoftheNazis.
Soldiersbrokedownandweptatthehorrorstheyhadwitnessedanditwasonlythe

beginning.TheAlliesofferedsurvivorsallthesupportandfoodthattheycouldprovide.
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Frequentlyaskedquestions.
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Thetitleis
FrequentlyAskedQuestions,
itiswrittenbyJewishgen.organdpublishedas
anonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Thefirstpersonwhodecidedtocreate
concentrationcampswasHermanGoeringwhenhewastheMinisterofPrussiawiththe
approvalofHitler.TheAlliesfirstdiscoveredtheexistenceoftheconcentrationcampsin
1942whenagroupofPolishresistantssentthemphotographsofcorpsebeingburnedat
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WhatDidtheAlliesfind?,
itiswrittenbyLondonJewishCulturalCentreand
publishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.AstheAlliesliberatedthe
concentrationcamps,theyfoundthousandsofprisonersonthevergeofdeath.
Widespreadstarvationanddiseaseswereduetotheovercrowdingofthesecampsandthe
inabilityoftheNazistohandletogrowingpopulation.AstheAlliesarrived,theyfound
prisonersdyingandbodieslayunburied.Despitetheireffort,14,000peoplediedinthe
firstweeksofliberation.Thisarticleprovidesmoreinformationaboutthehorriblethings
thattheAllieswereforcedtowitnesswhentheyarrivedattheconcentrationcamps.

Ochayon,C.S.(2015).
Liberationandsurvival
.
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/lesson_plans/liberation_and_survival.asp#4
Thetitleis
LiberationandSurvival,
itiswrittenbyCherylOchayonandpublishedasan
onlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Formostsurvivors,theliberationofthe
concentrationcampscameratherlate.76%ofthesurvivorslosttheirimmediatefamily
andrelativesintheaftermathofthewar.TheJewishpopulationinEasternEuropewere
entirelywipedoutby1945.

Inmanycases,familieswerewipedoutandonlyonewas
save.

Thisarticleprovidedtheinsightoftheaftermathoftheliberation.
TheGaleGroup.(2008).
U.s.policyduringwwii:u.s.army&theholocaust
.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/usarmy_holo.html
Thetitleis
U.S.PolicyDuringWWII:U.S.Army&theHolocaust,
itiswrittenbyThe
GaleGroupandpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Thefirst
AmericanstodiscoveracampwithprisonersandcorpseswereunitsfromtheAmerican
FourthArmoredDivisionoftheThirdArmyonApril5,1945.Byaccident,The
Americansfoundthecampbyaccident,theyfoundstarved,frailbodiesofhundredsof
prisonerswhohadmanagedtosurviveaswellasunburiedcorpses.Whattheysawwere
reportedbacktoAmericaandthatwaswhenthewholeworldfoundoutabouttheNazis
cruelty.ThisarticleprovidetheencounteroftheAmericanstroopswiththeprisonersof
theconcentrationcamps.
UnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum.(2015).
Displacedpersons
.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005462

Thetitleis
DisplacedPersons,
itiswrittenbytheUnitedStatesHolocaustMemorial
Museumandpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Morethan
200,000displacedpersonslivedinformerconcentrationsandGermanarmybaseafterthe
warfrom194552.Afterthewar,somehadtowheretogowhileotherswereafraidofthe
AntiSemitisminEasternEurope.Inthesedisplacedcamps,theJewishcommunity
slowlyrebuilttheirfoundation.Thisarticleprovidesinsightstowhathappenedtoformer
inmatesandhowtheystruggledtomoveonafterthewar.
UnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum.(2015).
Liberationofnazicamps
.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131
Thetitleis
LiberationofNaziCamps,
itiswrittenbytheUnitedStatesHolocaust
MemorialMuseumandpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.
AcrossEurope,Alliedtroopsbeganencounteringtensofthousandsofconcentration
campprisoners.TheseprisonersweresurvivorsofdeathmarchesfromcampsinPoland.
TheSoviets,American,andBritishliberatedmanycampsacrossEuropeafterthe
Germanpleadthescenes.Atthesecamps,thereareevidenceofmassmurderasthereare
remainingpersonalbelongingsofthevictims.Thisarticleprovidesinsightstowhatthe
AlliedtroopssawastheyenteredtheconcentrationcampsacrossEurope.
UnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum.(2015).
Postwarrefugeecrisisandthe
establishmentofthestateofisrael
.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005459
Thetitleis
PostwarRefugeeCrisisandtheEstablishmentoftheStateofIsrael,
itis
writtenbyUnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseumandpublishedasanonlinearticle

makingitasecondarysource
.
WhentheAlliesliberatedNaziconcentrationcamps,there
weremorethansixmillionpeoplewhowerenowwithoutaplacetoreturnhome.
Postwarantisemitismandthedestructionoftheircommunitieswerethatreasonswhy
mostHolocaustsurvivorsrefusedtoreturntoEasternEurope.AsmoreandmoreJews
beganmigratingtoPalestine,theBritishwithdrewtheirforcesfromPalestineandthe
StateofIsraelwasestablished.Thisarticleprovidesabasictimestructureofeventsthat
happenedafterthewar.
UnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum.(2015).
Theaftermathoftheholocaust
.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005129
Thetitleis
TheAftermathoftheHolocaust,
itiswrittenbyUnitedStatesHolocaust
MemorialMuseumandpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.After
thewar,manysurvivorsfearedreturningtotheirhomeduetheantisemitismandthe
traumathattheywentthrough.ThousandsofhomelessHolocaustsurvivorsmigratedto
thewesternAlliesterritoriesthathadbeenliberated.

In1948,theStateofIsraelwas
establishedandby1953therewere170,000Jewslivingthere.

Thisarticleprovidesan
informationandfactsaboutthemajoreventsthathappenedafterthewarandthe
liberationofthecamps.
UnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum.(2015).
Thenurembergtrials
.

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007722
Thetitleis
TheNurembergTrials,
itiswrittenbytheUnitedStatesHolocaustMemorial
Museumandpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Afterthewar,
oneoftheproblemswasthepunishmentsofthewarcriminal.From194546,22war

criminalswerebroughttotheinternationalcourtinNuremberg,Germanywherethey
weretried.JudgesfromtheAlliednationswerepresent.12outofthe22wereexecuted
fortheirinvolvementinmurderingtheprisoners.

Thisarticleprovidesinsightstowhat
happenedafterthewarasthewarcriminalswerenowbroughttojustice.
YadVashem.(2015).
Thefinalstagesofthewarandtheaftermath
.
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/10/introduction.asp
Thetitleis
TheFinalStagesoftheWarandtheAftermath,
itiswrittenbyYad
Vashem.organdpublishedasanonlinearticlemakingitasecondarysource.Survivors
whoreturnedhomewerefacedwithantisemiticproblems.

Monthsafterliberation,an
estimateof1,500Jewsweremurderedbyantisemiticgroup.

Therefore,manyHolocaust
survivorfledwestwardtowardsGermany,Austria,andItaly.Therewasalsoagreater
numberofmigrationaftertheestablishmentoftheStateofIsrael.Thisarticleprovides
thecauseandeffectoftheestablishmentoftheStateofIsraelandmigrationofJewish
survivorstootherstatesafterthewar.