Al H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Al H., who was drafted into the United States Army in 1941. He recounts serving in the 104th Infantry Division; landing on Utah beach; fighting as they progressed through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands into Germany; liberating Nordhausen in 1945; the pervasive stench and corpses strewn about; his uncontrollable sobbing; observing General Dwight Eisenhower's reaction; taking photographs; ordering local Germans to bury the dead; their denial of any knowledge of the camp; assisting Jewish women prisoners who had been hiding nearby; leaving after two or three days; and working at a displaced persons camp. Mr. H. shows photographs he took in Nordhausen, wartime letters to his wife, and documents.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- (Dwight David), -- 1890-1969.
- H., Al.
Corporate Bodies
- Nordhausen (Concentration camp)
- United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 104th.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Refugee camps.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Liberator.
Places
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat