Back to Buchenwald with Veterans of WWII | History Traveler Episode 340

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My dad liberated Buchenwald. He passed away in 2007. We still have his photographs. No words to describe. 😢

These episodes are now that much more important given Bud is no longer with us.

History deserves to be remembered,good or bad

My grandfather spent the last two years of the war in Buchenwald as a political opponent , esternwegen Sachsenhausen and then Buchenwald where altogether he spent nine years in those camps , he survived the war and lived until 1980

Living in Germany as a child in the early seventies I learned about the camps and Dad didn’t bother sugar coating it very much. I find that the older I get, early 50’s now, the harder these programs hit. This atrocity can never be forgotten.

Very sobering. I had heard the Ike ordered the reporters to take a lot of pictures because he sensed that the day would come when people would deny that it had ever happened. Such wisdom!

Of all the things on Earth, I'll never understand how anyone could deny that this happened.....a horrible nightmare and a lesson we ignore at our own peril.

Thank you for keeping the memory of this horrible time alive, we cannot forget. Thank God for the American soldier. I knew a man when I was young who had a prisoner number tattooed on his arm who was in a camp. That sight is burned into my brain. I almost couldn't finish watching this but I knew I had to. So sad!! Great job JD.

My dad saw this 3 days after it was liberated under Patton. That's all he would share

I visited Dachau in the mid '90s which was a sobering experience all by itself. But shortly after, talking to my father in law who was there and seeing the pictures he had of bodies piled in the train cars, it really brought to life the horror that these places were. There can never be enough videos to document what happened. Well done JD 🙏

my dad was in the 6th AD, and was there with them as they liberated this place. He brought one photo home, and wrote a letter to my mom, which he showed to me, and said don't ever let anyone tell you it never happened

Makes my heart sad

The human mind cannot comprehend this level of cruelty. Thank you for making this video.

When we took Dad back to Europe in ‘07 to retrace his unit’s (11th U.S. Armored Div) movements across NE Europe, our last stop was the Mauthausen camp in Austria, site of the infamous death stairs. He first saw it in May ‘45 pursuant to Ike’s order that as many people as possible witness the camps. Interestingly, a young Hungarian Jew inmate was so appreciative of being rescued that he swore he would emigrate to America and become a G.I. Years later, Corporal Tibor Rubin, 8th Cavalry Regt, 1st Cavalry Div would be awarded the MOH for his actions in Korean combat and later as a Chinese POW.

Don't ever Forget !!

You know, i know the history.. but the human element is lost to most history books and documentaries.. you do a really good job at putting the human element to the events.. and also seeing these places as they are today.. very much enjoy your work

Your hard work to bring us this history is very much appreciated. Thank you.

My mother and her family were interned in Buchenwald. Opa did not survive to be liberated. He was extremely outspoken against the Nazi regime.

My Dad was part of the group General Joe Collins sent through Nordhausen Concentration Camp in April 1945. As we were retracing his "combat tour" from Omaha Beach to near Leipzig, Germany, we returned to Nordhausen in April 1996. After 51 years, it still affected him. What he saw and described, are so similar to the comments you have provided from other veterans in your concentration camp videos.