Harold Earl Rossiter, Sr. was born on 7 August 1915 in Rochester, New York. During World War II he served with the United States Army and was among the soldiers who landed at the beach in Normandy. Additionally, he was among the soldiers that discovered the mass grave of prisoners executed at Gardelegen. Harold received five bronze star medals and was discharged with the rank of Corporal. After the ...

(LIB 5903) Concentration Camp, Buchenwald, Germany, April 19, 1945. MS, CU, brass band. MSs, CUs, liberated prisoners in concentration camp marching at memorial ceremony for the 51,000 persons killed in the camp. CUs, liberated prisoners marching and carrying French, Polish and Russian flags. CUs, freed prisoner places wreath at foot of monument dedicated to those who died as victims of Nazi brutality. ...

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Neuengamme > Naoorlogse rechtpleging

Early Morning Patrol (B Co, 3rd Platoon, 406th Regt, 102nd Inf Div), Klotze, Germany, April 20, 1945. MSs, CUs, two soldiers with blackened faces in wooded area. CUs, soldier writes message he receives over walkie-talkie. Patrol moving thru thickly wooded area and across open field. MSs, CUs, patrol members speak to German farmers who are at work in field. Follow shots, farmer leads patrol thru orchard ...

Collectie 281: Leeuw, A.J. van der > Oorlogsmisdrijven > Onderzoek naar oorlogsmisdrijven

(B 1138) Leipzig, Germany, 04/23/1945 Slate reads "Roll 1 Madru." U.S. infantry mop-up around Leipzig. German children run down a street. A wounded German boy receives help from an American medic. Wounded American soldier. Sherman tanks roll through the streets. US soldiers on the street, filmed from the tank. American troops fire from behind the cover of tanks. 01:22:03 German civilians wave white ...

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen

(LIB 5724) "MURDER, INC.", Gardelegen, Germany, 16 April 1945. Slate indicating cameraman Bowen from the 405th Regiment (102nd Infantry Division). The Isenschnibbe estate. Scorched doorways. US soldiers set up tripod outside crematorium. A pile of bricks. 00:00:36 CU of an empty, open grave. SS guards were unable to bury all of the bodies before the 102nd Infantry arrived in Gardelegen. 00:00:46 A ...

Contains of a memoir written by Chris J. Battersby on an unknown date, describing his experiences with a Holocaust survivor near Gardelegen, Germany, in April 1945. Also includes an excerpt of a unit history for the 102nd Infantry Division relating to the Gardelegen Massacre.

Consists of three photographs taken by Staff Sgt. Herbert G. Birch of the Gardelegen atrocity. Also includes a newspaper clipping, dated April 20, 1945, which describes Gardelegen.

Copyright Holder: Dr. Alice Hoffman

Photographs taken at Gardelegen showing victims of the atrocity, the confrontation between American servicemen and local German officials, and civilians being forced to participate in the exhumation and reburial of victims.

Consists of one letter, four pages, written by Lt. Margaret House, a member of the 91st Evacuation Hospital, on April 18, 1945, after witnessing the atrocities at Gardelegen. She compares the idyllic German countryside with the horrors of the things she had witnessed.

Copyright Holder: Mr. Kenneth Kravis

Consists of 24 photographs taken in the aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocity in Gardelegen, Germany. The photographs, which depict American soldiers, burned corpses, and the burial of the victims, were taken by John Shaheen, a member of the United States Army. Some of the photographs are described on the verso. Also includes an envelope in which Mr. Shaheen kept the photographs, on which he wrote, ...

Consists of five photographs taken by PFC George F. Seigman after the liberation of Gardelegen. Includes photographs taken of the corpses of victims and from within the trenches which were dug to bury the victims. PFC Seigman was a member of the 89th Chemical Mortar Battallion, which went through Gardelegen on May 8, 1945, while traveling to attach to the 102th division of the Ninth Army.

Contains photographs of the aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocity.

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen > Verslagen van gevangenen die getuige waren van de massamoord op gevangenen van Mittelbau-Dora in Gardelegen, 1945.

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen > Verslagen van gevangenen die getuige waren van de massamoord op gevangenen van Mittelbau-Dora in Gardelegen, 1945.

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen > Verslagen van gevangenen die getuige waren van de massamoord op gevangenen van Mittelbau-Dora in Gardelegen, 1945.

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland > Mittelbau-Dora > Onderzoek van het Amerikaanse leger naar de massamoord in Gardelegen > Verslagen van gevangenen die getuige waren van de massamoord op gevangenen van Mittelbau-Dora in Gardelegen, 1945.

Consists of nine photographs depicting the immediate aftermath of the Gardelegen Massacre, including images of the burial of victims.