Starved prisoners, nearly dead from hunger, pose in concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria. The camp was reputedly used for “scientific” experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division. May 7, 1945. Lt. A. E. Samuelson. (Army)
NARA FILE #: 111-SC-204480
WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1103

When I was a young Jewish child, I learned quickly that we were different, and also that we were hated. I never understood why so many children in my school hated those of us who were Jewish.

My dad used to say to me that the Jewish people were the world’s scapegoats. But that only led to more questions in my mind. Scapegoats? Why were we blamed for the world’s problems? It made no sense to me.

We were members of a conservative synagogue. I remember our Rabbi would stress over and over how we needed to marry other Jews. Marrying non Jews was…