Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of William M., who was born in 1924, and served with the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. He recounts military draft; deployment to Britain in January 1943; being shot down over Germany in March 1944; crashing in the North Sea; capture by the Germans; transfer to Rotterdam; imprisonment in Amsterdam; transfer to Frankfurt, then a prison camp in Wetzlar; beatings and interrogations; transfer to an asylum near Frankfurt, then back to Wetzlar two weeks later; train transport to Krems; receiving Red Cross packages; being treated by a dentist for injuries stemming from a beating; a forced march to Mauthausen in spring 1945; observing Jewish prisoners; death marches to and from nearby subcamps; liberation by United States troops; military discharge in November 1945; and hospitalization. Mr. M. discusses suffering a nervous breakdown in 1971; attending a meeting of former POWs in 1978; insomnia; and writing down his memories. He shows photographs and documents.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1985
- Interview Date
- January 23, 1985.
- Locale
- Germany
United States
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) - Cite As
- William M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-512). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 37 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. Prisoners of war--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Death marches. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rotterdam (Netherlands) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) M., William,--1924- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Mauthausen (Concentration camp) United States.--Army Air Forces.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4293911
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4293911
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