‘My moment of liberation’: Holocaust survivor reflects on 80 years since emancipation at Dachau
- On April 29, 1945, American troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp near Munich, where nearly 70,000 prisoners were found alive.
- Dachau was established in March 1933 in Germany and became the longest operating Nazi camp, imprisoning over 200,000 people and killing more than 40,000.
- Survivor Elly Gotz described harsh conditions including forced 12-hour construction shifts, severe malnutrition, and no washing facilities before liberation.
- Gotz reflected on the survivors' ordeal and the moment of liberation, expressing relief that they had endured and that American forces had arrived.
- The 80th anniversary in April 2025 is marked by memorial events and reflection on complex post-liberation trauma and the broader history of Holocaust violence.
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While they have often remained in the shadows, a number of young women, sometimes still teenage, have committed themselves to the Resistance. Who were they? How did their action during the Second World War guide their choices and their future activism? The search for these questions takes hold.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum scholars visit University of Jamestown
JAMESTOWN — The University of Jamestown recently hosted a two-day program, sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), that brought four distinguished Holocaust scholars to campus. The visit, held on April 7-8, featured workshops, classroom visits, and public events that engaged students, faculty and community members from across North Dakota and beyond. The scholars — Dr. Edward Westermann, Dr. Elise Boxer, Dr. Rebecca Car…
How the memory of the Nazi crimes can be preserved when the contemporary witnesses are no longer there
The International Dachau Committee was founded by former concentration camp prisoners and is still their mouthpiece – that's what it should be when the last of them is no longer there. Dominique Boueilh, president of the committee and son of a survivor, talks about how to deal with memory and the task of preserving the legacy of contemporary witnesses.
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