
Life

Share
25th January 2015
07:25pm GMT

The pair embraced each other (images via History Channel).
Gillespie was a member of the 42nd Rainbow Division which liberated Dachau concentration camp on April 29th 1945. Kaufman was found hiding in the toilets with other captives.
Speaking about that moment, he explained: “We were confined to barracks by the guards. This meant most of us were marked for death.
“Then I saw the white flag flying from the watchtower and I realised then that the torture was at an end. When the Americans smashed in the door, my heart did somersaults.”
The two men were reunited by a television crew for a documentary called Dachau Concentration Camp – The Hour Of The Liberators. It is due to air on the History Channel on May 31st.Explore more on these topics: