1981 International Liberators Conference collection of liberator testimonies Terezin testimonies.

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1981 International Liberators Conference collection of liberator testimonies Terezin testimonies.

Consists of materials in various formats relating to the Terezin concentration camp and to visits paid to the camp by members of the US Army shortly after liberation by Soviet troops. The materials include information about the numbers of Jews in Terezin, the survival of Dr. Leo Baeck, and Terezin prisoners quarantined for typhus.

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