Logan Square in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Bearing Witness / Human Equality
Bearing Witness
Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, wrote to General George Marshall of his trip to Ohrdruf Concentration Camp on April 12, 1945:
"The things I saw beggar description. While I was touring the camp I encountered three men who had been inmates and by one ruse or another had made their escape. I interviewed them through an interpreter. The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty, and bestiality were so overpowering as to leave me a bit sick. … I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to 'propaganda.'"
Human Equality
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776.
Erected 2018 by USC Shoah Foundation.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights
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Location. 39° 57.303′ N, 75° 10.033′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Logan Square. Marker is on Arch Street west of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19103, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Protecting Life and Liberty / Totalitarianism (here, next to this marker); Liberation / The Master Race (here, next to this marker); Death Camps / American Democracy (here, next to this marker); Six Pillars (here, next to this marker); Religious Persecution / Natural Rights (a few steps from this marker); Freedom of Religion / Nuremberg Laws (a few steps from this marker); Theresienstadt Tree (a few steps from this marker); Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2022
3. Bearing Witness / Human Equality Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 98 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
