Stories of Liberation
EDUCATOR AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Allied and Soviet forces steadily worked their way across Europe in pursuit of Nazi Germany and encountered extreme devastation from the hands of the Nazi party in their wake. Concentration camps, mass graves, and complete destruction greeted them in their pursuit as they freed survivors, administered health care, and collected evidence of what the Nazis had done in Europe.
An American soldier and liberated prisoners of the Mauthausen concentration camp.
Austria, May 1945. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Introduction Activity – Students explore aspects of liberation
- David Dragon – Video
- Ralph Rehbock – Video
- Ben Goldwater – Video
- George Mueller – Video
- Activity for George Mueller
- Answer Key for Survivor Video Activities