Oral history interview with Vern Smith
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Judith Antelman
Biographical History
The interview with Vern Smith was conducted on July 15, 1995, by the Surviving Generations of the Holocaust as part of a project documenting the testimonies of members of the 42nd Rainbow Division whom participated in the liberation of Dachau. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1997.
Archival History
Survivors and Surviving Generations of the Holocaust
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Survivors and Surviving Generations of the Holocaust
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Smith, Vern.
- Judith Antelman
- Vern Smith
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 42nd
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
- France.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Munich (Germany)
- Veterans--United States--Congresses.
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
- United States.
- Dachau (Germany)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Soldiers--United States--Interviews.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Ardennes (France)
- Germany.
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany.
- Combat.
Genre
- Oral History