“I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.” -Elie Wiesel
Rescue and Liberation
Throughout the whole Holocaust there were many people who hid Jews and saved them from being deported to ghettos then camps. If these people were caught they'd be shot on sight or publicly hung and the Jews would be sent to the camps.
Those who attempted to rescue Jews and others from the Nazi death sentence did do at great risk to their own safety. Sharing scarce resources with those in hiding was an additional sacrifice on the part of the rescuer. Despite the risk, thousands of people put aside their safety for those in hiding.
Over 13,000 men and women who risked their lives to rescue Jews have been honored as "Righteous Gentiles". Thousands more remain unrecognized. Many people helped liberate camps and situate the prisoners in a new home for a couple weeks then returned home where they would continue doing work such as fundraising to help the cause. Liberators said that they never forget what they saw when they went to the camps.
1944-
Liberation of the camps finally begun. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and prisoners were being liberated at once and thousands of American, Britain, and Russian troops helped liberate these camps. Camps were being liberated continuously for about 2 years.
1945-
As Allied troops entered Nazi-occupied territories, the final rescue and liberation transpired. Allied troops who saw the camps were shocked at what they witnessed. Large ditches filled with bodies, room of baby shoes and clothing, gas chambers with fingernail marks and blood on the walls. Thousands of people who witnessed these testified to Nazi brutality. General Eisenhower insisted on photographing and documenting the horror so that future generations would not ignore this historical event.
Villagers neighboring the death and concentration camps were forced to stand and view what had occurred in their own back yards as punishment for their silence.
Hitler was finally found and killed in 1945.
Aftermath-
For years after WWII ended, thousands of people worldwide worked together to help fix what they had ignored for so long. About 1.5 millions of Jews and other prisoners were relocated to displaced persons (DP) camps.
All of the surviving people felt betrayed by their previous neighbors and country. Left homeless, poor, weak, and hurt as they coped with their losses, most of the survivors seeked refuge at the DP camps. DP camps didn't have any better conditions than the Concentration camps.
Thousands of people also worked to destroy the camps and fix the damage the Holocaust has left on the Earth. Millions of bodies were buried and graves were set to honor these innocent people.
As for the survivors of the war, they would never see their loved ones that they lost along the way of the Holocaust.
Those who attempted to rescue Jews and others from the Nazi death sentence did do at great risk to their own safety. Sharing scarce resources with those in hiding was an additional sacrifice on the part of the rescuer. Despite the risk, thousands of people put aside their safety for those in hiding.
Over 13,000 men and women who risked their lives to rescue Jews have been honored as "Righteous Gentiles". Thousands more remain unrecognized. Many people helped liberate camps and situate the prisoners in a new home for a couple weeks then returned home where they would continue doing work such as fundraising to help the cause. Liberators said that they never forget what they saw when they went to the camps.
1944-
Liberation of the camps finally begun. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and prisoners were being liberated at once and thousands of American, Britain, and Russian troops helped liberate these camps. Camps were being liberated continuously for about 2 years.
1945-
As Allied troops entered Nazi-occupied territories, the final rescue and liberation transpired. Allied troops who saw the camps were shocked at what they witnessed. Large ditches filled with bodies, room of baby shoes and clothing, gas chambers with fingernail marks and blood on the walls. Thousands of people who witnessed these testified to Nazi brutality. General Eisenhower insisted on photographing and documenting the horror so that future generations would not ignore this historical event.
Villagers neighboring the death and concentration camps were forced to stand and view what had occurred in their own back yards as punishment for their silence.
Hitler was finally found and killed in 1945.
Aftermath-
For years after WWII ended, thousands of people worldwide worked together to help fix what they had ignored for so long. About 1.5 millions of Jews and other prisoners were relocated to displaced persons (DP) camps.
All of the surviving people felt betrayed by their previous neighbors and country. Left homeless, poor, weak, and hurt as they coped with their losses, most of the survivors seeked refuge at the DP camps. DP camps didn't have any better conditions than the Concentration camps.
Thousands of people also worked to destroy the camps and fix the damage the Holocaust has left on the Earth. Millions of bodies were buried and graves were set to honor these innocent people.
As for the survivors of the war, they would never see their loved ones that they lost along the way of the Holocaust.