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Oral history interview with Frederick Riches

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.33 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0033

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    Oral history interview with Frederick Riches

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Frederick Alexander Riches describes being an ambulance driver serving with the Royal Army Service Corps; evacuating inmates from Bergen-Belsen in 1945; the smell of the camp; members of his unit; details about his job; the German Air Force strafing attack on his unit; the initial sighting of the camp; the conditions of the inmates; the treatment of the guards; disposal of bodies; a Royal Engineer bulldozer driver digging mass graves; the demeanor of German guards; the transfer of the wounded Germans by ambulance; his work evacuating inmates from the camp; choosing inmates for evacuation; the interior of huts; the condition and age of inmates; unloading inmates at the hospital; the hospital facilities; the medical treatment of inmates; the quarantine period in Norway in 1945; the reception from the Norwegians; the reprisals of the population against collaborators; more details about Bergen-Belsen, including the sight of bones in incinerators; Josef Kramer and Irma Grese; the lack of medical problems amongst British personnel; how his experiences changed his attitude towards Germans; the rate of inmate evacuations; and the rate of the disposal of bodies.
    Interviewee
    Frederick Riches
    Date
    interview:  1987 September 19

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 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.

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    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 Frederick Riches from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:17:27
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