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Oral history interview with Leslie William Clarke

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.3 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0003

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    Oral history interview with Leslie William Clarke

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Leslie William Clarke describes being a medical student at Barts and volunteering to treat refugees in Europe; treating inmates of Bergen-Belsen in 1945; the arrangements to go to the camp; his prior knowledge of concentration camps; the journey to Bergen-Belsen; the accommodations in a former German Army camp; the meeting before entering the camp; the camp layout; the role of the British troops in the camp; the use of Hungarian troops; Hut 240; the state of the inmates; the lack of reaction from the inmates in May 1945; the reaction of German nurses to the conditions; types of food given to the inmates and the death rate; the confiscation of inmates' property by Germans; the issue of clothing to inmates; the nature of the crematorium; the unpopularity of block leaders; the story of Germans making inmates wait in the snow; the medical work they carried out; the state of camp sanitation; the weather conditions; his reaction to working in the camp; his daily routine; the mental conditions of inmates; the guards’ duties throwing corpses into mass graves; the ceremonial burning of the last hut; and visiting the devastated Brunswick (Braunschweig, Germany).
    Interviewee
    Leslie W. Clarke
    Date
    interview:  1986 January 06

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    3 sound cassettes (90 min.).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Permission to copy and/or use recordings in any production must be granted by the Imperial War Museums.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Clarke, Leslie William.

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Imperial War Museum
    Provenance
    The interview was conducted by the Imperial War Museum as part of their retrospective oral history interview program. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Leslie William Clarke from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:17:16
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