8.5: After the Holocaust

This article above, entitled "What We Found," explores the impressions of Allied soldiers who came across abandoned concentration camps.

Watch the video above to learn more about Liberation. In it you will hear the story of one survivor's day of liberation.

Survivor's of the Holocaust were faced with a difficult decision as World War II came to a close: what next? The document above, entitled "Where Should we go from Here?," examines these difficult choices.

It was normal for survivors of the Holocaust to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after their ordeal, which can include Death Imprints (constant memories), Survivor's Guilt, Numbness, and a Search for Meaning. The video above is an interview with Rubin Freidman, the child of a survivor of the Holocaust. In the video, Rubin discusses the psychological challenges his father underwent in the years after the Holocaust.

This station explores how the Allies punished captured Nazis at the conclusion of the war.

Some Nazis avoided capture at the end of World War II. The article above describes the hunt for escaped war criminals and the pursuit for justice.