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Oral history interview with Carl Wolcott

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.749 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0749

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    Oral history interview with Carl Wolcott

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Carl Wolcott, born on September 27, 1920 near Huntington, West Virginia, discusses his childhood in West Virginia; his education; working in California; his army service; his experiences in basic training; serving with the 81st Field Artillery Battalion; his participation in the Battle of the Bulge as part of General Patton's Third Army; his visit to Dachau after its liberation; the terrible conditions of the victims there; recording what he witnessed in photographs; and his horror at what he saw.
    Interviewee
    Carl Wolcott
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Elizabeth Ryan
    Date
    interview:  1991 September 30
    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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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Wolcott, Carl, 1920-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Carl Wolcott on September 30, 1991. The interview was received by the Archives Branch in July 2003.
    Funding Note
    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 08:46:40
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