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David M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1481) interviewed by Steven Gonzer and Rose Magel,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1481

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David M., who served in a hospital unit of the United States Third Army in World War II. He describes entering Buchenwald shortly after its liberation in 1945; setting up a hospital; capturing German guards; treating starved, sick prisoners, many in a state of shock; rooms filled with emaciated corpses; survivors dying from eating; guiding journalists and dignitaries through Buchenwald, including Clare Booth Luce, General Hoyt Vandenberg, and Margaret Bourke-White; compulsive visits of nearby residents to view Buchenwald (they denied knowing what happened there); establishing a hospital in Cham; treating survivors for starvation, tuberculosis, and other illnesses; and discovering German soldiers posing as survivors. Mr. M. notes learning of more severe treatment of Jewish prisoners and shows photographs taken in Buchenwald.
Author/Creator: M., David, 1923-
Published: Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1990
Interview Date: December 20, 1990.
Locale: Cham (Germany)
Cite As: David M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1481). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Gonzer, Steven, interviewer.
Magel, Rose, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (52 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. Cham (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) M., David,--1923- Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford,--1899-1954. Luce, Clare Boothe,--1903-1987. Bourke-White, Margaret,--1904-1971. Buchenwald (Concentration camp) United States.--Army.--Army, 3rd.

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/4283938
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4283938

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