Liberation of Belgium

September 4, 1944 - The Western Allies liberate Brussels. Jeannine Burk, in hiding for over two years, is eleven days shy of her fifth birthday.

The Times-Picayune, September 5, 1944 - ALLIES DRIVE INTO NETHERLANDS; BRUSSELS, ANTWERP LIBERATED, Swift Advances Traps Germans Left in Rocket Coast Area, (AP) p. 1 (front page) Image description
The Times-Picayune, September 5, 1944 - ALLIES DRIVE INTO NETHERLANDS; BRUSSELS, ANTWERP LIBERATED, Swift Advances Traps Germans Left in Rocket Coast Area, (AP) p. 1 (column) Image description
The Times-Picayune, September 5, 1944 - NAZI FLIGHT, p. 2 Image description
The Times-Picayune, September 5, 1944 - ENTER HOLLAND, p. 2 Image description
The Times-Picayune, September 5, 1944 - Roosevelt Hails Belgian Devotion, (AP) p. 3 Image description

Jeannine Burk: Reunion with Mother and Sister

November 1944 – Siggy Boraks is sent from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kaufering concentration camp in southern Germany.

Siggy Boraks: Death Commando at Kaufering

1945

January 18, 1945 - Warsaw is liberated by the Red Army. Anne Levy and her sister Lila Millen have survived four years in the Polish capital.

The Times-Picayune, January 18, 1945 - NAZIS FLEEING REDS ON 250 MILE FRONT, Warsaw Taken in Vast Drive, Speeds Foe’s Retreat From Poland, (AP) p. 1 (front page) Image description
The Times-Picayune, January 18, 1945 - NAZIS FLEEING REDS ON 250 MILE FRONT, Warsaw Taken in Vast Drive, Speeds Foe’s Retreat From Poland, (AP) p. 1 (column) Image description

Anne Levy: Return to Lodz

The Fall of Budapest

January-February 1945 – Isaac Niederman survives the last months of the war in one of Wallenberg’s “safe houses” in Budapest while Hungarian Nazis (Arrow Cross) roam the city slaughtering Jews.

Isaac Niederman: Last Months in Budapest and Liberation by Russians

The Times-Picayune, February 14, 1945 - ALLIES REND WALL BUDAPEST CLEARED, Reds List 110,000 Captured, 49,000 Slain in Siege, (AP) p. 1 (front page) Image description
The Times-Picayune, February 14, 1945 - ALLIES REND WALL BUDAPEST CLEARED, Reds List 110,000 Captured, 49,000 Slain in Siege, (AP) p. 1 (column) Image description
The Times-Picayune, February 14, 1945 - BUDAPEST TAKEN, p. 3 Image description
The Times-Picayune, February 14, 1945 - Editorial, Capture of Budapest, p. 8