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Part II:
"The Unlikely Liberators"
In the closing months of the War in Europe, Dachau underwent a flurry of activity as it became a transfer hub for prisioners form the other camps, even as far away as Auschwitz, as the Nazi's desperately began to empty their death camps, and hide all evidence of their atrocities, even as Hitler's 3rd Reich found itself caught in a lethal pinscer with the Soviets at the gates of Berlin, and the Americans crossing the Seigfried Line, and advancing deep into German territory. At least, that's the rumor Max has heard.
It can only mean one thing: They're gonna die soon, very soon.
Then something completely unexpected happened.
On the 29th of April, Max woke up to find the camp desserted, or at least free of Nazis. Then a different group of soldiers moved in, their uniforms were different, and they spoke English, Americans! They were Free! All of them!
They fed him (or at least tried to), gave him water, and treated his wounds. Then he met two others of a kind he didn't recognize. These two looked VERY different...
They were Japanese Americans, from the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion (a branch of the 442nd RCT), and they were the friendliest of all the Americans. He never knew it at the time (but did decades later) that many of them came out of interment camps in their own country, because they were thought of as "enemy aliens", and wanted to prove to their country that they were not traitors, but patriots. Ironic.
They got Max to his feet, and with encouraging words, helped him out of the Jourhaus gates, and to what he, and many others will call their "Second Birthday."
The next day (Apr. 30th) Hitler commited suicide in his bunker in Berlin. The War is over, but for him, the battle to rebuild the rest of his life has just begun. And for the first time, it is with hope.....
Done as a follow up to http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13755873/ & http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16419188/ (*Removed under protest-4/17/20-EKG).
Done in commemeration of the 70th Anniversary to the liberation of Dachau and its subsidiaries, and to the brave men who brought freedom and hope to those who had none. And especially to those who lived through this darkest period of human history. We will remember.
Here is one of the men who liberated the camps: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8073872/
Thank You uncle Shigeru. Thanks to you, they, their children, grandchildren, and decendants live because of you. "Okage Sama De."
"The Unlikely Liberators"
In the closing months of the War in Europe, Dachau underwent a flurry of activity as it became a transfer hub for prisioners form the other camps, even as far away as Auschwitz, as the Nazi's desperately began to empty their death camps, and hide all evidence of their atrocities, even as Hitler's 3rd Reich found itself caught in a lethal pinscer with the Soviets at the gates of Berlin, and the Americans crossing the Seigfried Line, and advancing deep into German territory. At least, that's the rumor Max has heard.
It can only mean one thing: They're gonna die soon, very soon.
Then something completely unexpected happened.
On the 29th of April, Max woke up to find the camp desserted, or at least free of Nazis. Then a different group of soldiers moved in, their uniforms were different, and they spoke English, Americans! They were Free! All of them!
They fed him (or at least tried to), gave him water, and treated his wounds. Then he met two others of a kind he didn't recognize. These two looked VERY different...
They were Japanese Americans, from the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion (a branch of the 442nd RCT), and they were the friendliest of all the Americans. He never knew it at the time (but did decades later) that many of them came out of interment camps in their own country, because they were thought of as "enemy aliens", and wanted to prove to their country that they were not traitors, but patriots. Ironic.
They got Max to his feet, and with encouraging words, helped him out of the Jourhaus gates, and to what he, and many others will call their "Second Birthday."
The next day (Apr. 30th) Hitler commited suicide in his bunker in Berlin. The War is over, but for him, the battle to rebuild the rest of his life has just begun. And for the first time, it is with hope.....
Done as a follow up to http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13755873/ & http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16419188/ (*Removed under protest-4/17/20-EKG).
Done in commemeration of the 70th Anniversary to the liberation of Dachau and its subsidiaries, and to the brave men who brought freedom and hope to those who had none. And especially to those who lived through this darkest period of human history. We will remember.
Here is one of the men who liberated the camps: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8073872/
Thank You uncle Shigeru. Thanks to you, they, their children, grandchildren, and decendants live because of you. "Okage Sama De."
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You know it occurs to me that many furs alive today will likely live to see the 100th anniversary of the start of WW2, or perhaps even of it's end. Will the PC "sanitization" of history textbooks (which are, after all, largely written by graduate students) eventually remove such atrocities or weaken the impact of lessons learned? Let's damned well hope not.
Your pictures (and accompanying story text) were very deep and moving, and I thank you personally for your efforts. You have my deepest respect for these awesome tributes to the fallen and the survivors both.
Your pictures (and accompanying story text) were very deep and moving, and I thank you personally for your efforts. You have my deepest respect for these awesome tributes to the fallen and the survivors both.
As a Jew and a family member of a death camp survivor, this is a fitting tribute.
My grandmother rarely speaks of what happened, however when she spoke of being liberated from Dachcau , a tear rolled down her cheek as she recalled the soldiers who rescued her and so many others alike.
She still lives on to this day.
Thank you.
My grandmother rarely speaks of what happened, however when she spoke of being liberated from Dachcau , a tear rolled down her cheek as she recalled the soldiers who rescued her and so many others alike.
She still lives on to this day.
Thank you.
I can't even begin to imagine what that must have been like for her. (My family seems to have mostly left Russia and Germany during the pogroms of the early 1900s, far before Hitler's rise to power, so I don't directly know anyone who ended up in a camp, let alone survived it.)
I'm glad you appreciate the art - I was very touched when Elkit suggested doing this trade with me.
I'm glad you appreciate the art - I was very touched when Elkit suggested doing this trade with me.
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