Video: 'One reason why this camp was considered the most horrible | Gross-Rosen'
(Wednesday, February 14, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a Nazi German network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated in the village of Gross-Rosen not far from the border with occupied Poland, was captured today by the Red Army. Continue reading Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Germany liberated by Red Army 80 years ago today (Feb 14 1945)
Video: 'The Liberation Of Auschwitz - Bringing Freedom To The Death Camp'
(Saturday, January 27, 1945, at around 3:00 p.m. local time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 7,500 prisoners (including Otto Frank, the father of diarist Anne Frank) at Auschwitz, a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps near the German-occupied Polish town of Oswiecim, were liberated this afternoon as soldiers of the 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front marched into the camp, ten days after 58,000 detainees were evacuated under guard, largely on foot. Continue reading Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland liberated by Soviets 80 years ago this hour (Jan 27 1945)
Video: 'Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1945 Presidential Inauguration'
(Saturday, January 20 1945, a few minutes after noon EWT) — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, nearing his sixty-third birthday, stood today at the White House bareheaded and without an outside coat, despite raw, wintry weather, to become the nation’s first fourth-term President. Continue reading FDR sworn in for unprecedented fourth term as U.S. President, Truman as 34th VP 80 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1945)
Video: 'Chelmno Extermination Camp English Version'
(Saturday, January 20, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Chelmno, a Nazi German extermination camp situated 31 miles from Lodz near the Polish village of Chelmno nad Nerem, was liberated today by the Soviets, two days after operations had ceased. Continue reading Soviets liberate Chelmno extermination camp in Poland 80 years ago today (Jan 20 1945)
Video: 'The Story of Raoul Wallenberg | Righteous Among the Nations | Yad Vashem'
(Wednesday, January 17, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared today in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
Video: 'Americans voting in US cities during 1944 Presidential election; Roosevelt defeat...HD Stock Footage'
(Tuesday, November 7, 1944, during the 1944 presidential campaign) — Democratic U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was elected to an unprecedented fourth term today, soundly defeating Republican challenger Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Continue reading U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to unprecedented fourth term, defeating Thomas E. Dewey 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank in Bergen-Belsen and her death' (Nov. 7, 1944, at 2:14)
(Tuesday, November 7, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — About four days after their arrival at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her older sister, Margot’s stay in a tent camp came to a dramatic close when a violent storm swept many of the tents away. Continue reading Violent storm forces Anne, Margot Frank out of tents at Bergen-Belsen 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank in Bergen-Belsen and her death' (Nov. 1-3, 1944, at 1:10)
(Friday, November 3, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The first of three evacuation trains carrying Jewish women from the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland arrived today at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany. Continue reading Jewish diarist Anne Frank, 15, arrives at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 3 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank in Bergen-Belsen and her death' (Nov. 1-2, 1944, at 1:10)
(The night of Wednesday-Thursday, November 1-2, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The second of three evacuation trains carrying Jewish women left the Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland today for the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany, with 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her older sister, Margot, 18, probably among them. Continue reading Jewish diarist Anne Frank, 15, deported from Auschwitz II-Birkenau to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northeast Germany 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 1 1944)
Video: 'The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank - English Subtitles' (Auschwitz arrival at 31:07)
(Wednesday, September 6, 1944, approximately 2:00 a.m. Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Following a two-and-a-half day journey crammed into a packed cattle car with little water or fresh air and no facilities except for a bucket, Jewish diarist Anne Frank, 15, was among 1,019 Jews ordered to disembark from their cattle cars early this morning upon arrival at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp in German-occupied Poland. Continue reading Anne Frank’s arrival at Auschwitz: A harrowing account of survival and separation 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 6 1944)
