Military panel
Creator(s)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Council
- United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Scope and Content
Military panel with Chairman Julian Kulas. 00:11:54 Fred Crawford, US soldier. Says that the Holocaust was why the war was fought; not prepared for what they saw but realized the importance of fighting when saw Dachau. (p. 70 "Liberation of the Camps") 00:18:46 Dan Dagan in Jewish Brigade in British Army. Speaks of forming the Jewish fighting Brigade. Also of the illegal maneuvering of Jewish DPs across borders and back to Palestine with the help of the Allies. (p. 71 "Liberation of the Camps") 00:28:28 Franciszek Skibinski, Polish soldier, speaks of the Poles liberating Germany (p. 73 "Liberation of the Camps" - transcript varies slightly from what he says) 00:40:40 Pavel Danilovich Gudz, Russian General, speaks in Russian. Talks on the role Russia took in the war, and the importance of peace for the future. (p. 74 "Liberation of the Camps") 00:52:52 Lewis Weinstein, he accompanied Gen. Eisenhower to liberated camps (cuts in middle of testimony) (p. 75 "Liberation of the Camps") David Marwell appears in BG.
Note(s)
1" master video reel stored with USHMM Institutional Records in the USHMM Archives.
The International Liberators Conference took place at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. from October 26-28, 1981. The conference was sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. A publication titled "The Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps 1945" (1987) summarizes the testimonies.
Subjects
- SOVIET UNION
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
- JEWISH BRIGADE
- EISENHOWER, DWIGHT
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- CONFERENCE (LIBERATORS, 1981)
- LIBERATORS
- POLES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
Places
- Washington, DC, United States
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film