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H. D. S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-823) interviewed by Diane Fagelman and Sarah Mendel,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-823

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of H.D. S., who served in the United States Army in World War II. He recounts assignment to a POW camp in New Mexico; landing in Le Havre; moving into Germany; entering Dachau; giving all his food to the starving prisoners; entering barracks and a crematorium; traveling to Salzburg three weeks later; delivering supplies to Ulm displaced persons camp; and discharge in 1945. Mr. S. notes nightmares and physical ailments resulting from the war and never discussing his experiences. He shows documents.
Author/Creator: S., H.D.
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1986
Interview Date: September 7, 1986.
Locale: United States
Cite As: H. D. S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-823). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Mendel, Sarah, interviewer.
Fagelman, Diane, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 1 copy: 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (51 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Liberator.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. Nightmares. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Oral histories (document genres) S., H. D. Dachau (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/4294406
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:31:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294406

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