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Oral history interview with Anthony Acevedo

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.457 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0618

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    Oral history interview with Anthony Acevedo

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Anthony C. Acevedo, born in San Bernardino, CA in July 31, 1924, discusses his experience as a medic with the US Army's 275th Infantry Regiment of the 70th Infantry Division, Company B during World War II; his capture by the Germans and time as a prisoner of war; how he endured torture, forced marches, and near starvation; how, because of his background as a Mexican American, he was singled out along with several hundred fellow soldiers for transfer from their POW camp to Berga an der Elster, a section of Buchenwald concentration camp; his responsibility in the camp for caring for his fellow prisoners; recording in a small diary the names and numbers of those who died so their sacrifices would be remembered; and being liberated during a death march in spring 1945 when German guards abandoned him and his fellow prisoners in the face of approaching American forces. A brief interview in Spanish follows the English-language recording.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Anthony Acevedo
    Interviewer
    Ms. Kyra Schuster
    Christina Chavarria
    Date
    interview:  2010 October 13

    Physical Details

    Language
    English Spanish
    Extent
    5 videocassettes (MiniDV).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Acevedo, Anthony, 1924-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum conducted the interview with Anthony Acevedo in Washington, D.C. on October 13, 2010. The interview was transferred to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch in March 2011.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:54
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