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Oral history interview with Robert Drennan

Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.125 | RG Number: RG-50.618.0001

Robert Drennan, a member of the 120th medical evacuation hospital, describes his wartime experiences; entering Buchenwald about two days after liberation day; the condition of the prisoners; his unit ten days later being detailed to aid the survivors of death marches from Dachau who were liberated near Cham, Germany; and his impressions of SS officers staffing the camps.

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Interviewee: Mr. Robert Drennan
Interviewer: Andrea Barron
Date: interview: 1987 June 15
Language: English
Extent: 1 CD.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Drennan

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Concentration camp guards--Germany.
Concentration camp inmates--Germany.
Death march survivors.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Men--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Cham (Germany)
United States.
Personal Name: Drennan, Robert.
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel.
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 120th.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Robert Drennan donated a copy of his oral history interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 11, 2009. Andrea Barron conducted the interview June 15, 1987.
Primary Number: 6543
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-03-26 09:23:14
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