by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Published by Tumblr
“Letters from Liberators” documents the immediate reactions of Allied soldiers who liberated Nazi concentration camps in April and May 1945. Although many had heard reports of Nazi atrocities, nothing prepared them for the reality they encountered. Shock, grief, anger, and disbelief shaped the letters and reports they wrote to superiors and loved ones. These firsthand accounts, supported by historic film footage, artifacts, and oral histories, capture the urgency soldiers felt to ensure the world would know what had happened.