Nearly the entire world fought in World War II. England, France, Australia, and Russia joined the Allied forces before the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941). After Pearl Harbor, countries such as the United States, Brazil, and Argentina joined the Allied forces. These countries fought the Axis Powers which included Germany, Japan, and Italy. |
Leo Schneiderman, a Holocaust survivor, describes his arrival and separation from his family at the concentration camp called Auschwitz (Image and audio courtesy of the "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum")
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"And then we got out of the train. And everything went so fast: left, right, right, left. Men separated from women. Children torn from the arms of mothers. The elderly chased like cattle. The sick, the disabled were handled like packs of garbage. They were thrown in a side together with broken suitcases, with boxes. My mother ran over to me and grabbed me by the shoulders, and she told me 'Leibele, I'm not going to see you no more. Take care of your brother'." (Leo Schniderman) |