Military and Resistance panels
Creator(s)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Council
- United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Scope and Content
Continuation of Military panel with James Collins, US Lieutenant Colonel, speaking. 00:58:13 Describes approaching Nordhausen, shortly after liberation. Had entire battalion go through the camp, young farm boys from N. Dakota. (p. 77 "Liberation of Camps") 01:01:07 to 01:16:10 Questions. Resistance panel begins with Chairman Frank Lautenberg. 01:17:50 Louis de Jong, historian. Talks on Dutch resistance. (p. 126 "Liberation of Camps") 01:35:36 Renee Aubry, speaks in French, Chief of Cabinet in Ministry of Veterans; widow of resistance fighter. Talks on resistance from France and within the camps. (p. 128 "Liberation of Camps") 01:46:07 Frode Jakobsen, resistance fighter from Denmark. Talks about resistance in Denmark, political and moral freedom. Tape cuts out half way through. (p. 129 "Liberation of Camps")
Note(s)
See Film ID 2651 duplicate content plus an additional 20 minutes of the Resistance panel. 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
- NETHERLANDS
- DENMARK
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- LIBERATORS
- FRANCE
- NORDHAUSEN
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- CONFERENCE (LIBERATORS, 1981)
- RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
Places
- Washington, DC, United States
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film