As we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi-era concentration camps, a new exhibit at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Wilson G. Bradshaw Library documents the little-known rescue of survivors from an all-female Nazi camp. “To Life: The Liberation of Ravensbrück” explores how the Swedish Red Cross liberated about 15,500 survivors from the camp in what’s been dubbed the “White Bus Rescue” in 1945.
The exhibit includes artifacts never before seen in the U.S. Ahead of tonight’s (Feb. 4) public opening reception, we’ll learn more from members of the team that created the exhibit including Head of Archives, Special Collections and Digital Initiatives at the FGCU Library Melissa VandeBurgt, English graduate student and archival assistant Kinsey Brown and History graduate student and archives specialist Bailey Rodgers.
