The Memorial of the former Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, April 11, 2015. On April 11, 1945, American troops arrived at the camp which held 21,000 prisoners.
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The Memorial of the former Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, April 11, 2015. On April 11, 1945, American troops arrived at the camp which held 21,000 prisoners.
Sébastian Kahnert / Getty Images
This summer has marked 80 years since the end of the Second World War, when the Allied forces released Europe occupied by the Nazis and also began to discover the horrible scale of the holocaust.
It is estimated that six million Jews have been systematically murdered by the Nazi regime. Millions of others faced a deadly persecution.
Over time, there are fewer and fewer survivors who can tell the stories of what they have witnessed and endured.
Once the marginal ideas of the Holocaust denial propagate. Several members of the administration of President Donald Trump expressed their support for Nazi sympathizers and people who promote anti -Semitism and fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors are there to share their stories.
The stories of those who have experienced the holocaust may be forgotten. And there is a race against time to record it as much as possible.
In this episode, the story of a Jewish man who survived Buchenwald and an American soldier, who helped release the concentration camp.
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This episode was produced by Monika Evstativa, Kai McNamee and Matt Ozug. He was published by Barrie Hardymon and Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
