Moments of liberation from Nazi domination were often joyful, but many experiences were more complex. Liberation did not necessarily mean personal freedom, and it often meant confronting great personal losses as people learned of the deaths of family and friends. Many people also faced new uncertainties as the war came to an end.
liberation
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American Witnesses and the Third Reich
Americans and the HolocaustPhotograph of Margaret Bourke-White at Buchenwald
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Concentration Camp Prisoners
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RulePhotograph of Romani Women at Bergen-Belsen
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustReport of the Communist Party Committee in the Jewish Camp at Rab
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustSilver Cup Made in a Labor Camp
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSC Shoah Foundation Oral History with Michael Kraus