Oral history interview with David Cohen

Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.217.2 | RG Number: RG-50.721.0002

David Cohen, born in Brooklyn, NY, describes entering the Army Air Corps and going to drafting school; his lack of knowledge of the severity of conditions for Jews in Europe; liberating camps in Germany in 1945 and the conditions for the prisoners; attending to the prisoners; meeting Russian soldiers; and seeing Auschwitz.

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Interviewee: David Cohen
Interviewer: Ina Navazelskis
Date: interview: 2013 February 17
Language: English
Extent: 1 digital file : MOV.

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Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Men--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Germany.
Oświęcim (Poland)
Personal Name: Cohen, David.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
United States. Army. Air Corps
Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Ina Navazelskis, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with David Cohen during the United States Holocaust Museum 20th Anniversary National Tour in Los Angeles, CA on February 17, 2013.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2023-11-16 09:29:30
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