Concentration Camp Liberators - Boston, MA
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N 42° 21.647 W 071° 03.425
19T E 330599 N 4691884
This memorial is part of the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston.
Waymark Code: WMHF06
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2013
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A tall flagpole flying the American flag at the New England Holocaust Memorial is accompanied by a engraved granite block which reads:
"April 29, 2003 THE FREEDOM TRAIL, BOSTON
WE HAVE RAISED THIS FLAG IN TRIBUTE to all the American and other Allied soldiers who liberated us from the brutal Nazi tyranny and opened the gates to our trail to freedom in America.
Israel Arbeiter, President
American Association of Jewish Holocaust
Survivors of Greater Boston"
A nearby block has this engraving:
"APRIL 29, 1945: DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP
I WAS AN EMACIATED FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BOY when an American soldier lifted me into his strong arms. He looked into my tired eyes with compassion, shared his food with me and gave me a small American flag of freedom.
Stephan B. Ross
Holocaust Survivor"
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Concentration Camp Liberators
Marker Text:
see above
Date of dedication: April 29, 2003
Who Put it Here?: American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston
Description of Memorial:
see above
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
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