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David C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-84) interviewed by Laurel Vlock and Harvey Ruben,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-84

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David C., a non-Jew, and an American physician now practicing in New Haven, Connecticut. He speaks of his experiences in the Dachau concentration camp, where, as a physician with the U.S. Army, he arrived a few days after liberation and remained for six weeks with another U.S. Army physician to treat former prisoners and conduct research on typhus.
Author/Creator: C., David.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: April 14, 1980.
Cite As: David C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-84). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Ruben, Harvey, interviewer.
Notes: Related material: David Hale Clement Papers (MS 1816). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. Typhus fever. Oral histories (document genres) C., David. 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/616786
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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