Overview
- Interview Summary
- Don Timmer discusses his experience as an interpreter for the 89th Infantry Division Ordinance Company during the liberation of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp.
- Interviewee
- Don Timmer
- Date
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interview:
2010 May 25
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert S. Hunn
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 DVD.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Copyright is owned by Robert Hunn and by the Timmer family.
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Timmer, Don.
- Corporate Name
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Robert Hunn donated the interview with Don Timmer to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 with the support of the Timmer family. The interview was recorded by the Madison High School History Club of Mansfield, OH.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 08:27:52
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Also in Don and Ada Timmer collection
Consists of copies of photographs and written testimonies related to the experiences of Don Timmer and his sister, Ada Timmer, both of whom were members of the United States military during World War II. Ada Timmer was an army nurse and worked in the Ebensee concentration camp after it was liberated, while Don Timmer participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp as a member of the 89th Infantry. Includes two DVDs of oral history interviews with Don Timmer about his experiences; one was conducted by the Madison High School History Club in Mansfield, OH, and the other by Mr. Robert Hunn. Interviews were conducted in 2010 and 2011.
Date: 1945-2011
Don and Ada Timmer testimonies
Document
Consists of one folder containing copies of photographs and written testimonies related to the experiences of Don Timmer and his sister, Ada Timmer, both of whom were members of the United States military during World War II. Ada Timmer was an army nurse and worked in the Ebensee concentration camp after it was liberated, while Don Timmer participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp as a member of the 89th Infantry.
Oral history interview with Don Timmer
Oral History
Don Timmer discusses his experience as an interpreter for the 89th Infantry Division Ordinance Company during the liberation of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp.
