- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Donald M., who served in the United States Army as a chaplain's assistant. He recounts arriving in Europe in October 1944; moving with the 103d Division from England through France to Germany; having no prior knowledge of concentration camps; arriving in Buchenwald shortly after its liberation; the emaciated prisoners; bodies stacked for burning; taking pictures of the camp and survivors; and the pervasive stench. Mr. M. recalls his initial shock at the conditions; the people of Weimar claiming complete ignorance of Buchenwald, though only few miles away; mass graves; ordering local people to visit the graves and smell the bodies; moving to Rötz; remaining in Europe after the war; and his discharge in March 1946. He reflects on feeling privileged to relate the facts about Buchenwald to others; talking about his experience at his granddaughter's school; the impact of the snapshots taken in Buchenwald on children; and the war's maturing influence on his life.
- Author/Creator
- M., Donald.
- Published
- Kansas City, Mo. : Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Inc., 1994
- Interview Date
- March 3, 1994.
- Locale
- Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Rötz (Germany)
- Cite As
- Donald M. Holocaust Testimony (2355). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Robinson, Warren H., interviewer.
Hiscock, Edwin A., interviewer.
- Notes
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Additional written material is available in the repository.
