Livingston Township: The Rescue Of Children At Buchenwald

Press release from the Livingston Township:

April 12, 2023

Presented by Dr. Kenneth Waltzer, Professor of History Emeritus, Michigan State University

When units of General Patton's U. S. Third Army liberated Buchenwald, a concentration camp near Weimar in Germany, American soldiers were astonished to find nearly a thousand boys among 21,000 prisoners. Who were these boys and how were they still alive to be liberated?

FREE; pre-registration required online at Community Pass or in person at SYLS Office, 204 Hillside Ave., M - F, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Questions: Please call 973-535-7925, option 8 or email syls@livingstonnj.org

This press release was produced by the Livingston Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.