With an Outstretched Hand   

Little Shloimeleh Nussbaum spent his childhood either hiding from the Germans or behind barbed wire in Bergen-Belsen. Years later, after starting over and building a blessed life and a next generation, newly released archived footage of the famed liberation train on which he identified himself has brought up the memories, the horror, and the gratitude to the One Who had been there all along

This past summer, the US National Archives released never-before-seen footage of the liberation of a Nazi train holding some 2,500 passengers. The silent three minute, 29 second clip featured black-and-white images of a group of feeble men, women, and children in what appears to be a valley, with some sitting, others standing, and many lying in a deep slumber. 

In the background is a long passenger train with exhaust billowing from the smokestack. 

At one point, the camera turns to a scene of dozens of people clamoring to receive something being handed out by an American soldier.

The video was posted online along with some background information. The passengers were former prisoners of Bergen-Belsen and were being transported to Theresienstadt. However, the train was forced to stop due to attacks by the Allied forces. In desperation, the Nazis sought to lead the group of Jews to the Elbe River to be shot and drowned. But, in the nick of time, American tanks arrived and they were soon liberated.