Overview
- Interview Summary
- Otto Sampson Sr. discusses his experience as a member of the 380th Quartermaster Truck Company, an African American unit of 50 soldiers under General Patton, which participated as part of the 4th Armored Division in the liberation of Buchenwald; his memories of thousands of starving and diseased former prisoners, most of whom were women, waiting for trucks to take them to hospitals; his membership in the 380th, which was given the name “Black Angels;” and the challenges he faced as a black soldier in the segregated armed services.
- Interviewee
- Otto Salomon
- Date
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inclusive:
1999 April 15
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rasheeda Sampson-Jefferson
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 DVD.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Rasheeda Sampson-Jefferson
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- African American soldiers. Concentration camp inmates--Germany. Racism--United States. Women concentration camp inmates--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Belgium. France. Germany. United States.
- Personal Name
- Sampson, Otto.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Rasheeda Sampson-Jefferson donated a copy of the 1999 recording with her father Otto Sampson to the United Sates Holocaust Memorial Museum's Oral History Branch in June 2011.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:23:41
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