E pluribus unum Nov 8, 2009
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota exhorted the crowd to take part in "a little revolution." Some anticipated her, carrying some of the most revolting signs we've seen, including a picture of victims of the Dachau concentration camp. That's beyond the pale, an insult and a wound that should not be tolerated. (NJ.com -- Times)
Anti-Defamation League calls Jim Rizoli Holocaust denier Oct 30, 2009
On his show, according to the ADL statement, Rizoli said he was unhappy with a newspaper article about the Dachau concentration camp and Ahmedinejad. Rizoli said his audience had been "brainwashed for the last 50 years on the propaganda...that really isn't dealing with the subject matter straight on.". (Framingham TAB, MA)
Faith in surprising places Oct 30, 2009
Tracing Easy Company s trail into Germany, we stopped for a day at the Dachau concentration camp. Dachau was discovered and reported by Easy Company paratroopers as they raced toward Berchtesgaden. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
Local filmmakers win emmy award Oct 27, 2009
As a young soldier, he was involved in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, where thousands of Jews and other minority members were murdered by the Nazis. As a medic, Hemperley wasn't armed. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Pythons tell tales of the one who got away Oct 18, 2009
They recounted the story of an official trip to Dachau concentration camp during the Pythons' first visit to Germany. The camp closed, and entry barred, Chapman shouted: ''Tell them we're Jewish. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Richard Sonnenfeldt; was lead Nuremberg interpreter Oct 14, 2009
Mr. Sonnenfeldt, at the time a US Army private who had helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, was plucked out of an Army motor pool to be chief interpreter, recognized as a rare native German speaker who had a firm command of English. In that role, he participated in the pretrial interrogations of prisoners, commonly held in the bare rooms of the Palace of Justice. (Boston Globe)
Nuremberg interpreter Richard Sonnenfeldt dies Oct 14, 2009
A German-born Jew, Sonnenfeldt was a U.S. Army private who helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp when he was selected as interpreter because of his bilingual skills. He recounted that role in his memoir, "Witness to Nuremberg.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
'Knockout mice' and the school of hard knocks Oct 10, 2009
" Capecchi's American-born mother, a pamphleteer who had been sent to the Dachau concentration camp near Munich, spent a year searching for her son after the war, finally locating him in an Italian hospital for children being treated for malnutrition and typhoid. She took him to Rome, where he had his first bath in years before sailing for America, where the mother had two brothers. Capecchi entered school for the first time at the age of 9. "The teachers told me I'd never learn to read because... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Movie Review: The Boys Sherman Brot... Aug 12, 2009
Robert was the pensive lyricist, physically and emotionally scarred by his experiences during World War II: he took a bullet in his left leg, plus he was the first American soldier to enter Dachau concentration camp. Richard was the ebullient piano player: quick to laugh but also quick to anger. (Suite101.com)
Health debate turns vile with Nazi analogy Aug 12, 2009
But he has had very little to say about what he saw or felt when, as a Jewish American soldier, he found himself staring at the few emaciated survivors of the Dachau concentration camp. . (MSNBC -- Health)
Time for thoughtful debate, not politricks Aug 11, 2009
I was not yet 12 years old when I saw evidence of the inhumanity that had taken place at the Dachau concentration camp before and during World War II.. In retrospect, I was probably a little young to visit Dachau and the museum that told the story of Hitler's atrocities. (Fresno Bee)
Paul Parks, state, city education official; 86 Aug 1, 2009
Mr. Parks said he went ashore on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on D-Day in 1944 and was present when the Dachau concentration camp was liberated in 1945. Others in the military who were there or had studied military records, however, said he could not have been at either location on the days he cited. (Boston Globe)
Romania Mayor Apologizes for Nazi Uniform Jul 24, 2009
Mazare said he had been to Israel three times, and had visited the Dachau concentration camp to understand what the Jews suffered. In the past, Mazare has dressed up and paraded in public as Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara and James Bond. (CBS News -- World)
World War II hero Foster receives France's highest honor Jul 23, 2009
He was battalion liaison officer to the French Expeditionary Corps as the U.S. 36th Infantry Division battled its way across France and into Germany in the final year of the war, liberating the German death camp at Landsburg and the Dachau concentration camp near Munich. After the war, Foster served with the Montana Army National Guard, where he formed the artillery units in western Montana. (Missoulian, MT)
Artist and musician Roger Mason moves studio into Chathams clock tower Jul 19, 2009
What really freaked him out was opening the gates of the Dachau concentration camp. I remember he told me he could smell the camp 10 miles away. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Doctors: Demjanjuk Fit To Be Tried Jul 4, 2009
I have been through the Dachau concentration camp and the Germans photographed every thing they did. The photos were so bad that my boss who was Jewish got so upset that he had to be carried out. (CBS News -- US)
Local World War II infantryman gets his medals Jul 2, 2009
Eberhart, with the 42nd Division, was the first units to liberate the Dachau concentration camp in Germany on April 29, 1945, and witnessed first hand the aftermath of Hitler s final solution and the freeing of prisoners. Since the late 1990s, Eberhart has been a speaker for the Washington Holocaust Education Resource Center in Seattle, traveling throughout Eastern Washington to share his eye-witness account as a Dachau liberator. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
D-Day Vet Recounts 'Longest Day' Jun 6, 2009
" Arthur Seltzer's war did not end on D-Day. He went on to fight in the Battle of the Bulge, forever known as the greatest battle of the war, and on April 29, 1945, Arthur, who is Jewish, was with the American troops who discovered the Dachau concentration camp. Arthur describes the scene as, "Dead bodies all around, naked skeletons, people dressed in these uniforms with black stripes, they were half starved, the odor was so bad you could hardly take it. The odor of death. (Fox News)
Lewis, Albert 'Red' Jun 5, 2009
He was a WW II service veteran, serving as a heavy machine gunner in Germany, and was there during the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Back at home, Red was an avid coon hunter for years, and he loved his dogs. (Pittsfield Pike Press, IL)
Rick Steves: What's new in Europe for 2009 Apr 19, 2009
For a powerful telling of the Jewish story, don't miss the new Visitors Center opening at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. Munich's new law, which requires any place serving beer to allow the public (even noncustomers) to use their bathrooms, is a relief to tourists. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
It's time to 'pass over' Apr 14, 2009
I explained that I am a Jewish girl from the Bronx, whose father changed his (objectively "Jewish-sounding") name after serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II outside of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. Seeing the smoke rise from the ovens specially designed to fit human bodies took a toll on him, he said, and he feared ethnic discrimination for the rest of his life. (NJ.com -- Times)
Bernard S. Miller; principal collaborated on key study on high schools Mar 19, 2009
He commanded an antiaircraft unit during the Battle of the Bulge and later helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, where he used his knowledge of Yiddish to translate for freed prisoners. "He also started asking for their names, and he wrote down as many as he could, hundreds," said his wife. (Boston Globe)
A wunderbar welcome in Austria and Germany Mar 6, 2009
For a better telling of the Jewish story, don't miss the new Visitors Center opening at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. For a fun change of pace, explore Munich by bike for free with Discover Munich bike tours, which are now offered daily leaving from Marienplatz, the city's center. (CNN)
Whats new in Germany and Austria Mar 4, 2009
For a better telling of the Jewish story, don't miss the new Visitors Center opening at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Obituaries for Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 Feb 27, 2009
Everett was proud to be one of the troops that participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Upon returning home from the service, he attended University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for one year. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
