The Red Army Liberated The Auschwitz-Birkenau
On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Army arrived at Auschwitz and discovered a warehouse full of the victims’ belongings. Among the items discovered were pans, pots, eyeglasses, prosthetic limbs, and shoes. They assumed the camp had been abandoned at first. They soon discovered that it was teeming with sick and starving people who had been left behind by the Nazis when they fled. One of the first soldiers to arrive at the camp was Georgii Elisavetskii. He said, “They rushed toward us shouting, fell on their knees, kissed the flaps of our overcoats, and threw their arms around our legs.”
The Red Army Liberated The Auschwitz-Birkenau
Oregon Man Thomas Cave With His Social Security Number Tattoo
Thomas Cave and his wife Annie were among the legions of people who struggled during the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange, a photographer, claimed the couple worked nonstop for a year to earn $550, which would be $10,000 today. They rented a teeny-tiny apartment for $12 a month, only to be laid off. The Social Security Act was signed into law just four months before he got his tattoo, in 1937. This act provided relief to people who opted in and received a social security number. Cave had the number tattooed on his arm to remind him of it. He wasn’t the only one who did this at the time.
Oregon Man Thomas Cave With His Social Security Number Tattoo
