Someone brought it to my attention that one of the 42nd Rainbow Division soldiers who helped to liberate Dachau was Staff Sgt. John N. Petro, 232 Infantry, E Company. He brought home photos which can be seen here on a web site put up by Bill Petro in John Petro’s honor. (more…)
May 19, 2010
Another “Holocaust survivor” exposed as a fraud
In the recent news on the Internet, there are a lot of articles about Rosemarie Pence, who allegedly survived the Dachau concentration camp and went on to become an Olympic athlete. It has now been revealed that Rosemarie’s story is total fiction, but for years, people believed her and she earned fees for speaking to students in American schools. A book about her, entitled “From Dachau to the Olympics and Beyond” was written by Jean Goodwin Messinger and published in 2005. (more…)
