“Johnnie Marino” Photograph courtesy of the Marino Family
“Johnnie Marino” Photograph courtesy of the Marino Family
“Ben Love” The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust is sponsored by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Original exhibition design produced by the Museum of Texas Tech University
“Ben Love” The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust is sponsored by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Original exhibition design produced by the Museum of Texas Tech University
“Bernie ‘Chick’ Havey” The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust is sponsored by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Original exhibition design produced by the Museum of Texas Tech University.
“Bernie ‘Chick’ Havey” The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust is sponsored by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Original exhibition design produced by the Museum of Texas Tech University.
“A.I. Schepps” Photograph courtesy of the Brand Family.
“A.I. Schepps” Photograph courtesy of the Brand Family.
Staff Sergeant Jesse G. Reyes. Liberator of Dachau concentration camp. Photo courtesy of the Reyes Family
Staff Sergeant Jesse G. Reyes. Liberator of Dachau concentration camp. Photo courtesy of the Reyes Family
The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust tells the story of 25 U.S. soldiers who liberated the concentration camps in Europe at the end of the Second World War. Upon entering the camps, the soldiers were not prepared for the terror, torture and depravity they discovered. Although they were hailed as liberators by the prisoners, what the soldiers found haunted many of them for the rest of their lives.
Curated by Texas Tech University in collaboration with the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, the exhibit provides a context for World War II, a history of the Holocaust and the Liberation in an interactive, engaged environment. Read individual panels, each honoring a Texas Liberator featured in the project, including Houston liberators Johnnie Marino, “Chick” Havey, Ben Love and A.I. Schepps. The exhibit features modern portraits by photographer Mark Umstot, service photos of the men. The Texas Liberator Honor Roll, a record with the names of more than 500 Texas Liberators, is also included.
The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust is sponsored by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Original exhibition design produced by the Museum of Texas Tech University.
Do you know a Texan liberator of the Nazi concentration camps? If so, please submit their information to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, through this form, so they may be added to the Honor Roll.
