From 1944-1945, Allied troops advanced into Nazi territory and began discovering and liberating concentration camps. Liberators came from different countries, including the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and Canada, and provided assistance and relief to Jewish prisoners. Houston was home to over 50 WWII liberators, some of whom provided Holocaust Museum Houston with oral testimonies describing their experiences. These oral testimonies, which are primary sources, are available for viewing at The Boniuk Library. The library also recommends the resources listed below.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Books
Robert H. Abzug – GIs remember: liberating the concentration camps
Oral history interview with William Ashby, Jr.
Michael Hirsh – The Liberators: America’s Witnesses to the Holocaust
Betty N. Hoffman – Liberation: stories of survival from the Holocaust
Oral history interview with Johnnie Marino
Dan Stone – The liberation of the camps: the end of the Holocaust and its aftermath
Aliza S. Wong – The Texas liberators: veteran narratives from World War II
Search Terms
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
Mittelbau-Dora (Concentration camp)
World War, 1939-1945 — Veterans — Texas
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 — Concentration camps — Liberation
