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You searched for: Subject World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Remove constraint Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Digital Availability In English Remove constraint Digital Availability: In English Digital Availability Has Supplementary Materials Remove constraint Digital Availability: Has Supplementary Materials Key Cities Dachau Remove constraint Key Cities: Dachau
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1. Arthur Fishman collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.297.2
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…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Geography: Dachau (Germany) Genre/Form: Photographs. Photograph albums. Letter. https…
2. Efrem Ostrowsky family papers
1995.A.0306.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0306.2
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inclusive: 1938-1946
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …. Army. Infantry Division, 103rd. Germany--Armed Forces. Topical Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camp--Liberation. Jewish artists. World War…
3. John R. Crowe photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.467.1
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creation: 1945
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …JOHN CROWE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1945 2000.467.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel…
4. Malcolm A. Vendig papers
1990.107.88 Box 2 Folder 7 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1990.107.88
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inclusive: 1932-1967
bulk: 1944-1945
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Save Their Stories
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … victims. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish refugees. Refugees. Soldiers--United States. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western…
5. Oral history interview with Allen Cohen
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.349.1 | RG Number: RG-50.113.0001
Date:
interview: 1989 April 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.…
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 …--Florida when I was an army infantryman in World War II. My talk deals with the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp on-- by the American…
6. Oral history interview with Anton Bild
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.2 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0002
Date:
interview: 1981 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … the actual liberation of the camp. He came a day later as part of an investigative corps to take down the factual evidence of the atrocities at Dachau…
7. Oral history interview with Billy Taylor
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.743 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0743
Date:
interview: 1993 May 03
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …, destroy their effectiveness as an army. From the time that you helped to participate in the liberation of Dachau until the end of the war, were there any…
8. Oral history interview with Carl Wolcott
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.749 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0749
Date:
interview: 1991 September 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.…
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 … Francisco with Judy Heim, who will interview, along with me, Carl Wolcott, who was a liberator in 1945, I believe. We'll find out more. Carl, can you start…
9. Oral history interview with Charles Froug
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0123.1.1 | RG Number: RG-50.035.01.0001
Date:
interview: 1987 May 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … Evacuation Hospital during the War. During the last week of April, 1945, he was stationed in the city of Rosenheim, where the unit was overwhelmed by the odor…
10. Oral history interview with Dan Dougherty
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.180 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0180
Date:
interview: 1995 July 28
interview: 1996 January 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … Schaufenburg where Germany surrendered after 7 days. He took part in the liberation of Bavarian US prisoner of war camps and concentration camps. The 45…
11. Oral history interview with Doris (Don) Duplechein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2000.91.53 | RG Number: RG-50.493.0053
Date:
interview: 1993 May 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
12. Oral history interview with Fred Bachner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0008 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0032
Date:
interview: 1999 January 10
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … there was a lot of people that died after the war, on account of the liberation and eating things that th- their stomach was not equipped to handle. Q: Do…
13. Oral history interview with George Pisik
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1278 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0124
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interview: 1993 July 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …, the war was winding down. And May 1945 we entered the place called Dachau, right outside of Munich. We were never told about Dachau, we were never told…
14. Oral history interview with George Tievsky
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.28 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0028
Date:
interview: 1981 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … the war already in 1939. 137 00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:28,470 Did you as a doctor expect these people to survive, live, 138 00:08:28,470 --> 00:08:34…
15. Oral history interview with Grady M. Barker
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.137.5 | RG Number: RG-50.010.0005
Date:
interview: 1978 November 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … is 6/24/13. At the time I went into the service, I was age 29. When I left the service, October 5, 1945, my profession at that time was a truck driver…
16. Oral history interview with Harry Zaslow
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.125 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0125
Date:
interview: 1989 February 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - Liberation Dachau - labor camp - Germany Holocaust - atrocities World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects…
17. Oral history interview with Henry Greenbaum
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0418
Date:
interview: 2013 April 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … about your family and what life was like before the Germans invaded in 1939, please. >> Before the war we had a normal upbringing. We were a family of…
18. Oral history interview with Henry Greenbaum
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0397
Date:
interview: 2012 July 12
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … 1, 1928. His father, Nuchem, ran a tailor shop out of their home while his mother, Gittel, raised the family’s nine children. Before 1939, Henry…
19. Oral history interview with Henry Greenbaum
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0578
Date:
interview: 2016 July 27
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … the right. In this photo we see another of Henry's sisters, Faige, and her daughter. The Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. By 1942, at the…
20. Oral history interview with Henry Greenbaum
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0592
Date:
interview: 2017 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … time, just an hour. We'll start right away. Henry, you were 11 years old when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Before we turn to the war and the…
21. Oral history interview with Henry Greenbaum
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0453
Date:
interview: 2014 March 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …. In this photo, we see one of Henry's sisters, Faige, who you will hear more about, and her daughter. The Germans invaded Poland in 1939. By 1942, at…
22. Oral history interview with Henry Ricklis
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.121 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0121
Date:
interview: 1987 October 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … 11 00:00:58,980 --> 00:01:03,060 Jersey, who was an observer at the liberation of Dachau, 12 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:05,670 and has generously…
23. Oral history interview with Herman Hillman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.310 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0310
Date:
interview: 1987 February 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … summary which was produced in partnership with Gratz College. Interviewee: HILLMAN, Herman Date: February 18, 1997 SUBJECT HEADINGS World War, 1939 - 1945…
24. Oral history interview with Horace Berry
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1263.5 | RG Number: RG-50.166.0005
Date:
interview: 1991 September 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
25. Oral history interview with Jesse Lafoon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.137.54 | RG Number: RG-50.010.0054
Date:
interview: 1980 October 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … the M.A:S.H. TV series? A: Yes. But in World War II, it was a smaller unit and we operated directly with an infantry unit. We were broken up into three…
26. Oral history interview with John Henry Baker
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.137.4 | RG Number: RG-50.010.0004
Date:
interview: 1980 February 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …'s Drive, Savannah, Georgia. Q: And date of birth? A: July 10, 1921. Q: Your age at the time of liberation? A: Approximately 23, 24 years. Q: Prospective…
27. Oral history interview with John Komski
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1269.13 | RG Number: RG-50.470.0013
Date:
interview: 1995 February 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … in their right mind after liberation 379 00:28:08,590 --> 00:28:13,800 thought that this is the end of the war. 380 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,690 You…
28. Oral history interview with John Mulholland
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.48 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0048
Date:
interview: 1983 December 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … or whatever. The people that had been running the camp were already gone. I think they knew that the war was over and they were just waiting... and it…
29. Oral history interview with John R. Hallowell
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.16 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0016
Date:
interview: 1981 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … regular troops. On the day of liberation, April 29, 1945, they were forewarned by the officers that what they would see would be unbelievable. The first…
30. Oral history interview with Joseph Ichiuji
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0421 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0070
Date:
interview: 1997 June 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … Dachau, a concentration camp. He completed his service in December 1945 and was shipped home and discharged. Upon his sister's suggestion, in May 1946…
31. Oral history interview with Joseph Kempler
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.106 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0106
Date:
interview: 1996 February 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Austria--Ebensee.…
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 … all that. This is when things began to look more ominous. And by 1939, the threat of war was becoming real. Robert Buckley: What was the discussion in…
32. Oral history interview with Lewellyn Zullinger and Henry Dejarnet
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.30 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0030
Date:
interview: 1981 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.…
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 … entered Ohrdruf on April 25, 1945 as part of the Liberation. He was a soldier and went to take pictures of the camp. He found large stacks of bodies, 'skin…
33. Oral history interview with Melvin Darden
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2000.91.52 | RG Number: RG-50.493.0052
Date:
interview: 1993 May 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … were the only ones there except for a few white officers. After the unit left he and his fellow soldiers were prepared to go to Japan, but the war ended…
34. Oral history interview with Narsay Serges
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.50 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0050
Date:
interview: 1984 March 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … liberation of Buchenwald. His is an observer's account including no experiences of daily camp life, but the description gives a poignant picture of the…
35. Oral history interview with Patrick Costrine, Samuel Durfey, Stephen Hord, and Joseph Dietrich
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.7 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0007
Date:
interview: 1990 August
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … campaigns in North Africa, Italy, Southern France and then Germany. They reached the concentration camp Dachau, near Munich, early in May 1945 but were not…
36. Oral history interview with Philip DiGiorgio
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.103 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0103
Date:
interview: 1994 December 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …, 1994 SUBJECT HEADINGS World War, 1939-1945 - United States Army-Army, 7th, Infantry Division, 42nd World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - Dachau…
37. Oral history interview with Raphael Aronson
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.030.0289
Date:
interview: 1994 September 22
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 …? A: Yes. Actually, Lithuania, just going back, became independent in 1918 after the first World War. At that time, Lithuania, in origin, people who…
38. Oral history interview with Thomas B. Gardiner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0365 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0090
Date:
interview: 1997 August 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … you experience in the liberation of the camp? A: Well, like I say, it was a few hours or the next morning after the gates were crashed that our company…
39. Oral history interview with Wilfred Fisher
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2000.91.51 | RG Number: RG-50.493.0051
Date:
interview: 1993 May 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
40. Oral history interview with William G. Bates
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.137.7 | RG Number: RG-50.010.0007
Date:
interview: 1978 November 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …. I was born September 29, 1922. And at the time of the liberation, I was 22 years old. My prospective profession at that time was really indefinite…
41. Oral history interview with William Levine
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.40 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0040
Date:
interview: 1984 January 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … American forces on April 29, 1945. Q. Do you recall your first impression upon entering the camp? A. At first, before we entered it was a very innocent kind…
42. Oral history interview with William McCormick
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.92 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0092
Date:
interview: 1988 January 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 … HEADINGS United States Army, 7th Reconnaissance Group World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - Liberation Liberator testimony Dachau (Forced labor camp…
43. Oral history interview with William R. Barton
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.137.6 | RG Number: RG-50.010.0006
Date:
interview: 1979 June 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …...let’s say 1945.... Q: So you were.... A: 27. Q: 27 years of age at that time. And your prospective profession at the beginning of the war? What you had…
44. Paul A. Roy papers
1993.A.0020 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0020 | RG Number: RG-19.032
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inclusive: 1942-1983
bulk: 1942-1951
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.…
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 …. World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Concentration camps‐‐Liberation. Typhus fever. Dachau (Germany) Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical…