Vincent C. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Vincent C., who enlisted in the United States Army in 1937. He recalls landing in Normandy on D-Day; transfer from a ranger to a tank battalion; participating in the Battle of the Bulge; liberating Ahlem; encountering sick, emaciated prisoners left to die; sharing K rations with them, which resulted in several deaths; entering Gardelegen; observing buildings where prisoners had been machine-gunned and confined while the buildings were burned; liberating Salzwedel; observing carts piled with corpses; shooting German personnel; and local civilians claiming no knowledge of the camp (an impossibility). Mr. C. discusses his disbelief at what he had seen. He shows photographs.
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
- C., Vincent, -- 1919-
Corporate Bodies
- Salzwedel (Concentration camp)
- Ahlem (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Liberator.
Places
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.
- Gardelegen (Germany : Concentration camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat