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Seventy Years: The American Angels of Hillersleben.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2015|

The cosmos trips once more. This month, shortly after my previous post about the discovery of previously unknown artwork by Hungarian Holocaust survivor Ervin Abadi, I was contacted by the family of another American soldier who was at Hillersleben camp as the survivors of the train were being nursed back to health by the medics […]

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A Survivor recounts from Hillersleben (1945)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on December 12, 2008| 1 Comment »

A new friend in the Netherlands recently acquired this unsigned narrative by a Polish survivor who was liberated on the train by the Americans. This woman was eighteen when the war began, it looks like from Cracow, and the narrative was written shortly after liberation (as you can see from the letterhead, on the German […]

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The hospital at Hillersleben

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on November 15, 2008| 8 Comments »

(Christian Wolpers photo.) This account is taken from 1st Lt. Frank Towers’ recollection: “First of importance was getting food, water and medical assistance to these victims.Our 105th Medical Battalion was called upon to survey this group and give immediate attention to those most in need.The 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Dettmer immediately contacted […]

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From the cattle car to the State of the Union.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2019| 10 Comments »

I saw a friend on TV the other night. About 50 million other Americans did too; maybe you were one. Well, here is a backstory to all that. After the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue shooting in October, a couple of people familiar with the Train Near Magdeburg story reached out to me to ask […]

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Memorial planned at Farsleben.

Posted in on August 26, 2017|

A friend of mine in Europe has spearheaded a committee to establish a memorial to mark the site of the liberation commemorating the liberators and the victims of the Holocaust who were freed on April 13, 1945. The mission is three-fold: Mission 1 – acquire permission to place a Monument/Marker, create a Foundation and a […]

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‘A large number of those who have been treated have lived for years as animals.’

Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2017|

72 years ago, on Friday the 13th of April, the 743rd Tank Battalion overran the train near Magdeburg, Germany. Shortly  thereafter, other attached units of the 30th Infantry Division, notably the 105th Medical Detachment and the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, also arrived at the liberation site and immediately set to work trying to handle this […]

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‘New branches on the Tree of Life’-April 14th, 1945.

Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2017|

72 years ago this very morning, Lt. Frank W. Towers of the 30th Infantry Division arrived to take the survivors of the train liberated the previous day out of harm’s way. What he saw stayed with him for the rest of his life. In 2007, he contacted me after reading about our first reunion. Later, […]

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Hold that thought.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 25, 2017| 4 Comments »

Only a few weeks back, I was teaching a lesson to my 12th graders on the German invasion of the USSR in the second half of 1941. We were at December 6th, 1941, and the dramatic launching of Marshal Zhukov’s counteroffensive outside of Moscow, to be followed the next day by the Japanese attack on […]

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It is important to have the past in front of you, not in the rearview, as one moves forward.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2016| 2 Comments »

The new book is getting some early good reviews. ~”A ‘Must-Read’. A real tribute to the survivors and liberators. I could not put this book down. Highly recommended as a required reading for anyone taking or teaching Holocaust History. Suited for high school / college / adult education settings.”– Rabbi Justin Schwartz ~”If you have […]

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Good in the world.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 1, 2016|

I am in Israel now, getting ready to study at the International School for Holocaust Studies for several weeks. On Thursday, back in Washington DC, USHMM Chief Acquisitions Curator Judy Cohen met with a person who contacted me over a year ago with a question about some artwork that her grandfather had brought back from […]

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