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First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.
First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.

First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.

Date6/11/1980
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Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
Horror relived: Nathan Peipciger, holding a photo of family members, all of whom died in Nazi concentration camps except his father (bafck row, centre), says reliving Nazi horrors was necessary to bring Emst Zundel to justice
Horror relived: Nathan Peipciger, holding a photo of family members, all of whom died in Nazi concentration camps except his father (bafck row, centre), says reliving Nazi horrors was necessary to bring Emst Zundel to justice
2/27/1985
Monument To 6,000,000, Stefa Noble and Sam Silverstein lit candles yesterday at Mount Siai Memorial Gardens cemetery after unveiling of monument to 6,000,000 Jews exterminated by the Nazis
Monument To 6,000,000, Stefa Noble and Sam Silverstein lit candles yesterday at Mount Siai Memorial Gardens cemetery after unveiling of monument to 6,000,000 Jews exterminated by the Nazis
9/30/1968
Family saved: Michael Mason and his wife, Ruth, display articles about Raoul Wallenberg, who is credited with saving more than 25,000 Jews, including Mason's family, during World War II
Family saved: Michael Mason and his wife, Ruth, display articles about Raoul Wallenberg, who is credited with saving more than 25,000 Jews, including Mason's family, during World War II
3/1/1982
Jack Nissen: Man who risked his life to find out type of radar the Germans were using in World War II could win highest award.
Jack Nissen: Man who risked his life to find out type of radar the Germans were using in World War II could win highest award.
11/11/1991
One of hundreds of sacred monuments bombed by the Nazis, this chapel is to be restored as a shrine of remembrance to Canadians who fought and died in (...)
One of hundreds of sacred monuments bombed by the Nazis, this chapel is to be restored as a shrine of remembrance to Canadians who fought and died in (...)
6/17/1944
New Pictures Of Danzig. Nazis Pour Into Free City., One thousand four hundred armed Germans and lorry loads of arms and munitions are reported to have arrived in Danzig from East Prussia
New Pictures Of Danzig. Nazis Pour Into Free City., One thousand four hundred armed Germans and lorry loads of arms and munitions are reported to have arrived in Danzig from East Prussia
9/1/1939
Theodoros Karkatsoukas. Helped save Jewish lives during World War II
Theodoros Karkatsoukas. Helped save Jewish lives during World War II
3/9/1964
Memories remain: Gustav Dorovin holds a photo of himself as a World War II soldier and a photo of his daughter, Irene, taken at age 7. She was later killed by the Nazis.
Memories remain: Gustav Dorovin holds a photo of himself as a World War II soldier and a photo of his daughter, Irene, taken at age 7. She was later killed by the Nazis.
11/4/1987
These European Jews were but a few of the millions persecuted in the holocaust of World War II
These European Jews were but a few of the millions persecuted in the holocaust of World War II
4/19/1968
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
2/28/1980
Ukrainians lament Soviet Church policies, More than 350 Ukrainians gather in front of City Hall Saturday for an hour-long prayer service protesting Russian suppression of churches in the Ukraine
Ukrainians lament Soviet Church policies, More than 350 Ukrainians gather in front of City Hall Saturday for an hour-long prayer service protesting Russian suppression of churches in the Ukraine
6/21/1969