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Liberation of Nazi Camps: James Rose (U.S. 42nd Division)

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As Allied and Soviet troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they encountered concentration camps, mass graves, and numerous other sites of Nazi crimes. American soldiers witnessed evidence of the Holocaust and Nazi atrocities as they marched into the interior of Germany, liberating the major concentration camps such as Buchenwald, Dachau, and Mauthausen as well as hundreds of subcamps, including Ohrdruf (a subcamp of Buchenwald). Though the liberation of Nazi camps was not a primary objective of the Allied military campaign, U.S, British, Canadian, and Soviet troops freed prisoners from their SS guards, provided them with food and badly needed medical support, and collected evidence for war crimes trials. James A. Rose, of Toledo, Ohio, was with the 42nd ("Rainbow") Division during the liberation of Dachau. In this interview with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Rose describes his impressions of the camp. To learn more about liberation of the Nazi camps, visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/liberation/.

james rose

Liberation of Nazi Camps: James Rose (U.S. 42nd Division)

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