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Zohn M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2400) interviewed by Diane M. Plotkin and Murray Berger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2400

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Zohn M., who was drafted into the United States Army and served in the 103rd Infantry Division, 409th Regiment in World War II. He recounts liberating slave labor camps in Bavaria; entering Landsberg concentration camp; stacks of corpses; encountering a group of camp prisoners being evacuated; describing them as walking skeletons; entering Dachau after its liberation; a former prisoner guiding him through the camp; and screening refugees moving into displaced persons camp. He shows photographs and items from the camps, a book about his regiment, and reads from a letter he wrote to his sister about Dachau.
Author/Creator: M., Zohn.
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1991
Interview Date: October 21, 1991.
Locale: United States
Cite As: Zohn M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2400). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Plotkin, Diane M., interviewer.
Berger, Murray,

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 (1 hr., 3 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. Refugee camps. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Oral histories (document genres) M., Zohn. United States.--Army.--Infantry Division, 103rd. United States.--Army.--Infantry Regiment, 409th. Landsberg (Concentration camp) 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/4296810
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4296810

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