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Bert E. Holocaust testimony (HVT-815) interviewed by John Tiebout and Bobbie Berger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-815

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Bert E., who served in the United States Army in World War II. He recounts serving in a tank battalion of the 4th Armored Division; deployment to Europe in 1944; entering Ohrdruf concentration camp; emaciated prisoners; stacks of corpses; his state of shock; and assignment to occupation forces in Wilseder Berg where they found prisoners bodies in a mass grave, and then organized a proper funeral. He reads excerpts and shows photographs, including his own, from the history of the 4th Armored Division.
Author/Creator: E., Bert, 1918-
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1986
Interview Date: July 12, 1986.
Locale: United States
Wilseder Berg (Germany)
Cite As: Bert E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-815). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Tiebout, John, interviewer.
Berger, Bobbie, interviewer.

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., 56 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Liberator.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Wilseder Berg (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) E., Bert,--1918- United States.--Army.--Armored Division, 4th. Ohrdruf (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/4294389
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294389

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