Hibby Margol
Hilbert "Hibby" Margol recalls being one of the first soldiers to discover the Dachau concentration camp.
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"People like us - and there are many, many others telling their stories around the country - my hope is that the people listening to these stories will long outlive the offspring of the deniers."
Hilbert "Hibby" Margol
Detainees from Dachau concentration camp gathering on the former place of roll call after the liberation by American soldiers in 1945
In the Words of the Liberators
Photographs collected during camp operation and at the time of liberation shine a spotlight on the conditions of the camp and its prisoners.
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In the Words of the Survivors
Auschwitz was a complex of camps, including concentration, extermination, and forced-labor and was the largest camp established by the Germans.
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NY's 42nd Infantry Division Liberated Dachau 75 Years Ago (April 27, 2020)
April 29, 1945, was a cold, sunny Sunday afternoon as Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 42nd Infantry Division came face to face with the worst of Nazi Germany at the notorious Dachau concentration camp.
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The 99th Infantry Division and the Liberation of Dachau Subcamps
On May 3–4, 1945, as the 99th moved deeper into Bavaria, it liberated one of a number of Dachau subcamps near the town of Mühldorf, including several forest camps, or Waldlager.
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