G.I.s Saved My Father from the Nazis

In early April 1945, my father was packed into a train with 2,500 other prisoners from Bergen-Belsen as the Nazis insanely tried to keep British and American troops from rescuing them. The train was made up of 45 cars with their doors sealed shut; the crowding was horrific and of course there was no food or water.




In the chaos of war, this hellish train wandered for a week and finally stopped not far from the Elbe because the commander couldn't get clearance to move across that river with...