IsReal News Archives: Holocaust Remembrance: Rabbi Herschel Schacter Recalls Buchenwald’s Liberation

IsReal News Archives: Holocaust Remembrance: Rabbi Herschel Schacter Recalls Buchenwald’s Liberation

Author: IsReal News April 14, 2026 Duration: 8:29
An archival excerpt marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. In this recording from 1992, Rabbi Herschel Schacter—the first Jewish chaplain to enter Buchenwald after its liberation in April 1945—describes what he witnessed in the hours after American forces arrived. His account reflects on memory, survival, and the immediate aftermath of one of history’s darkest chapters. IsReal News delivers daily briefings, deep-dive reporting, and archival interviews on Israel, antisemitism, Jewish public life,...

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