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David C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2723) interviewed by Dana L. Kline and Susan Millen,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2723

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David C., who was drafted into the United States Army in January 1942. He describes entering Buchenwald in April 1945; many corpses; taking pictures; the reactions of Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley; entering barracks and the crematorium; and crying when he saw human ashes. Mr. C. notes he did not discuss this experience when he returned to the United States, but it left him scarred. He shows pictures he took in Buchenwald, and discusses his volunteer work with a fellow veteren visiting schools to describe entering concentration camps in 1945.
Author/Creator: C., David.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1994
Interview Date: November 16, 1994.
Cite As: David C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2723). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Millen, Susan, interviewer.
Notes: Related material: Donald G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2724), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (53 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching. Oral histories (document genres) C., David. Patton, George S.--(George Smith),--1885-1945. Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969. Bradley, Omar Nelson,--1893-1981. Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1091699
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1091699

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