Holocaust Survivor Salutes Liberator In Emotional Meeting Decades Later

A Holocaust survivor recently reunited with the American soldier who helped to save his life decades ago.

Joshua Kaufman, 87, a former prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, met with one of his liberators, U.S. Army veteran Daniel Gillespie, in Huntington Beach, California, late last December. Kaufman saluted the veteran 70 years after the camp was freed. The meeting was arranged by director Emanuel Rotstein, and will be featured in a documentary, “Liberators of Dachau,” according to a press release from the History Channel.

Joshua Kaufman and Daniel Gillespie’s reunion will air as part of “Dachau concentration camp — The hour of the Liberators” on May 31, 2015 on History Germany.

The Huffington Post