Liberation Heroes

Watch the trailer for the documentary Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses, directed by Vanessa Roth and produced by June Beallor Productions and Andy Friendly Productions with Executive Producers Mickey Shapiro, Ceci Chan, Stephen D. Smith, and Andi Gitow in association with USC Shoah Foundation for Discovery Channel.

As the United States plunged into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, few American civilians or soldiers knew what was happening to the Jews of Europe. And so, even as the deadliest, most destructive war in history came to a close, soldiers from the U.S. and women who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps — along with their Allied partners from the UK, the Soviet Union, and other countries — were not prepared for what they would encounter as they uncovered the Nazi atrocities both in the field and the concentration camps.

Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses is a one-hour documentary that explores the journeys of Liberators and Liberation Witnesses drawing parallels between the past and present. These one-of-a-kind stories of World War II heroes serve as a compelling reminder of what is at stake as antisemitism and xenophobia are on the rise again, and as a call to action to stand against hatred in all its forms.