On the 68th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitzby David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History On January 27th, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army. The desolate, disease-ridden and mosquito-infested complex comprised the largest of the Nazi concentration camps. Over a million people were murdered there. When the Nazis learned of the Red Army’s approach, they attempted…
Untitled poem written in Theresienstadt ghettoAuthor Unknown * Today, I saw a thousand people with distraught expressionsToday, I saw a thousand people walking towards nothingnessIn the grey of the cold morning, wandered the ostracized crowdLeaving everything behind which they once called their life. They walked through the gateAnd left all the joy, happiness, prestige outside. Where will this lead, where will it end?They only know they…