Leonard L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Leonard L., who was born in 1922 in Japan to Russian parents, and served with the United States Army 82nd airborne division in World War II. He recounts meeting the Soviets in Ludwigslust; entering Wo?bbelin concentration camp in May 1945; "ambulatory corpses" milling around, including young children; piles of corpses; the pervasive, nauseating stench, which stays with him to the present time; speaking with survivors (he spoke Russian, German and French); survivors dying after giving them candy bars or other rich foods; German civilians feigning ignorance of the camp; providing survivors with appropriate food, and housing them in a local hospital; forcing Germans to disinter and rebury corpses from mass graves; and screening survivors at displaced persons camps in Berlin. Mr. L. discusses continuing contact with Wo?bbelinn survivors.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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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
- L., Leonard, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- WoĚbbelin (Concentration camp)
- United States. -- Army. -- Airborne Division, 82nd.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Liberator.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
Places
- Ludwigslust (Germany : Landkreis)
- Berlin (Germany)
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat