The Red Army Liberated The Auschwitz-Birkenau
When the Soviet Army arrived at Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, they discovered a warehouse full of victims’ belongings. Pans, pots, eyeglasses, prosthetic limbs, and shoes were among the items discovered. They initially assumed the camp had been abandoned. They soon discovered that it was full of sick and starving people that the Nazis had left behind when they fled. Georgii Elisavetskii was one of the first soldiers to enter the camp. 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
At the height of the Great Depression, Thomas Cave and his wife Annie were among the legions of people who struggled. The photographer Dorothea Lange claimed that the couple worked nonstop for a year to earn $550, which would be $10,000 in today’s money. They rented a tiny apartment for $12 a month, only to find themselves unemployed. In 1937, just four months before he got his tattoo, the Social Security Act was signed into law. People who opted in and received a social security number were given relief under this act. Cave had the number tattooed on his arm so that he wouldn’t forget it. At the time, he wasn’t the only one who did this.
Oregon Man Thomas Cave With His Social Security Number Tattoo
