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Oral history interview with Ken Colvin

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.309 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0309

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    Oral history interview with Ken Colvin

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ken Colvin (né Cohn), born in 1924 in San Francisco, CA, describes his experiences with antisemitism; deciding to change his name from Cohn to Colvin; his older brother's experiences with antisemitism in the army; joining the army in 1943; going to Europe in 1945; being assigned to the 3rd Army, 515th Medical Clearing Company to set up emergency medical treatment in liberated camps; attending to the former camp prisoners; entering eight camps, including Ebensee, Hemar, Oberhausen, Altmunster, Hohenfels, and Ranshofen; feeling that he bore witness to the horror that was done; the terrible scenes he saw which stay with him; trying to treat disease; and writing a book about his experiences for his grandchildren.
    Interviewee
    Kenneth J. Colvin
    Interviewer
    Gene Ayers
    Date
    interview:  1990 July 11
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Colvin, Kenneth, 1924-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Ken Colvin on July 11, 1990. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2001.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:44:41
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