- Summary
- Videotape testimony of John C., who enlisted in the National Guard after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. He recalls being called to active duty in January 1941; attending officer training school; assignment to a tank destroyer battalion; deployment in France in August 1944; crossing the Rhine; entering Ohrdruf in April 1945, having had no advance preparation; the pervasive stench, piles of corpses, and very few prisoners (walking skeletons); encounters with former prisoners including Leo L.; and taking photographs. Mr. C. notes not discussing this experience except with other members of his unit at their reunions, until a recent liberators conference in Washington. He shows his photographs of Ohrdruf.
- Author/Creator
- C., John, 1918-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- November 3, 1987.
- Locale
- United States
- Cite As
- John C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1243). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related material: Leo L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-729), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Related material: Leo L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1526), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
