Henry R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Henry R., who was born in 1924 and drafted into the United States military. He recalls serving in the 20th Armored Division; landing in Le Havre and moving through Belgium and Holland into Germany; arriving at Dachau immediately after troops from his unit had liberated it; first seeing a boxcar filled with corpses; speaking Yiddish to a few of the prisoners; being overwhelmed by the condition of the prisoners, as were all his fellow soldiers; not being able to process what he saw for days; difficulty still conceiving what he witnessed; and his involvement in Holocaust education.
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
- R., Henry, -- 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- United States. -- Army. -- Armored Infantry Battalion, 20th.
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Postwar experiences.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat