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Wilson C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-913) interviewed by John Tiebout and Sue Kollinger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-913

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of William C., who served as a chaplain with the United States Army in World War II. He recounts graduation from a Methodist seminary in 1943; joining the military in 1944; deployment to Europe in spring 1945; entering Buchenwald after liberation; emaciated prisoners showing them the barracks, crematoria, gallows, and lampshades made of human skin; a Jewish prisoner requesting a religious service; locating a Jewish cantor in the chaplaincy; helping transport the former prisoners to a church in Eisenach where they had organized the service; his strong emotional response to the service; and encounters with the dean of a Methodist seminary in Frankfurt who opined that the concentration camps were built by the United States to embarrass Germany and refused to acknowledge what Germany had done. Mr. C. notes problems with depression shortly after leaving Buchenwald and not sharing his experiences.
Author/Creator: C., Wilson.
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1987
Interview Date: March 21, 1987.
Locale: United States
Eisenach (Germany)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Cite As: Wilson C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-913). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Tiebout, John, interviewer.
Kollinger, Sue, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. submaster; 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 (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. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Eisenach (Germany) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) C., Wilson. Buchenwald (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/4294609
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294609

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