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John M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-908) interviewed by John Tiebout and Debbie McFadden,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-908

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of John M., who served in the United States military during World War II. He recounts attending officer training school in 1941; attachment to an anti-aircraft regiment; transfer to England, then Oran; landing in Sicily; transfer to Marseille; moving through Germany; observing emaciated prisoners in striped uniforms and prisoners of war in Seeshaupt; corpses piled in box cars; moving to Landsberg; corpses everywhere; photographing the camp; guarding German prisoners in Schwabmünchen; and preparing a barrack to contain war criminals in Kornwestheim. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: M., John.
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1987
Interview Date: January 25, 1987.
Locale: Germany
United States
Seeshaupt (Germany)
Schwabmünchen (Germany)
Kornwestheim (Germany)
Cite As: John M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-383). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Tiebout, John, interviewer.
McFadden, Debbie, 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., 54 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. Prisoners of war--Germany. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Seeshaupt (Germany) Schwabmünchen (Germany) Kornwestheim (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) M., John. United States.--Army. Landsberg (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/4294466
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294466

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