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Oral history interview with Johann Raffeiner

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.402.14 | RG Number: RG-50.654.0014

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    Oral history interview with Johann Raffeiner

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Johann Raffeiner, born in 1927 in Laas, South Tyrol, describes his family’s choice of German citizenship during the Option Agreement in 1939; being drafted as a Suedtiroler Ordnungsdienst (SOD) guard in 1944; witnessing Jewish slave labor in a marble quarry in Laas; being drafted into the SS Totenkopf division; departing for Prague, Czech Republic in 1945; being chosen for the SS because of his blond hair and blue eyes; being stationed at Heinrich-Himmler-Kaserne and going through military training; witnessing the final days of the Third Reich; abandoning Prague during the civilian uprising; attempting to reach American forces, but being caught by the Soviets; trying to get rid of his SS tattoo; his imprisonment as a POW in a Soviet gulag; and his release in 1949.
    Interviewee
    Johann Raffeiner
    Interviewer
    Gerald Steinacher
    Date
    interview:  2011 April 12
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (DVCAM) : sound, color ; 1/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Raffeiner, Johann.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 09:21:37
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