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Oral history interview with Philip DiGiorgio

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.103 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0103

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    Oral history interview with Philip DiGiorgio

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Philip DiGiorgio describes serving in E Company, 232nd Regiment, 42nd Division of the Seventh Army during World War II; some of his combat experiences and the heavy losses his division took; entering Dachau in April, 1945 shortly after it was liberated, under orders to clear all the buildings and tunnels and then to move on; seeing some survivors and a few guards who tried to blend in with them, a lampshade made out of human skin, and many so-called "Forty and Eights" (cattle cars stacked with bodies ready for cremation); how what he saw at Dachau profoundly affected him, renewed his will to fight, and increased his religious observance; and being moved to testify because of his perception of widespread disbelief about the Holocaust.
    Interviewee
    Philip DiGiorgio
    Date
    interview:  1994 December 06
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette (60 min.).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Geographic Name
    Dachau (Germany) Germany.
    Personal Name
    DiGiorgio, Phil.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive conducted the interview with Phil DiGiorgio in Philadelphia, Pa., on December 6, 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from Gratz College in August 2003.
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