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The 86th Infantry Division participated in major WWII campaigns and is recognized for liberating Attendorn, a civilian forced-labor camp, in 1945.
Gina Rappaport (later Leitersdorf) stands next to an American tank shortly after her liberation by American troops of the 743rd Tank Battalion and the 30th Infantry Division. She had been rescued from a Nazi transport near the German village of Farsleben. Fluent in several languages, she translated for the Americans and other survivors of the train.
A 1915 portrait of Willem Arondeus. During World War II, Arondeus, a gay member of the Dutch resistance, participated in an attack on the Amsterdam Population Registry offices. His group set fire to several thousand files in an attempt to destroy government records of Jews and others sought by the Nazis. Soon after the attack, his unit was betrayed. The Nazis arrested and executed Arondeus in 1943. Blaricum, the Netherlands, 1915.
The 30th Infantry Division participated in major WWII campaigns and is recognized for liberating the Weferlingen subcamp of Buchenwald in 1945.
The 2nd Infantry Division participated in major WWII campaigns and is recognized for liberating Leipzig-Schönefeld and Spergau/Zöschen in 1945.
Explore Gideon Frieder’s biography and learn about his experiences as a child during the Holocaust in Slovakia.
Children pose for a photograph outside of the main synagogue in Eyshishok, 1911. Those pictured include siblings from the Schneider, Sonenson, Wilenski, Kabacznik, and Resnik families. Also present is Shlomo Farber from the nearby town of Olkieniki.
A group of friends celebrates Avremele Botwinik’s bar mitzvah in Eishyshok in 1939. Avremele sits in the center, smiling behind the cake. Seated near him are Moshe Bastunski (second from the left) and Avigdor Katz (right). Standing behind Avremele are Elisha Koppelman (second from the left) and Moshe Kaplan (second from the right). Avremele became a partisan, and was the only one in the photograph to survive World War II. Seven of the children were murdered in the September 1941 massacre in…
Members of Eyshishok's fire department orchestra, which included both Jewish and Polish musicians. An orchestra pit was built in the community’s firehouse during World War I (1914–1918). Located in the market square, the firehouse also held theater performances. Date uncertain.
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