Herbert J. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Herbert J., a non-Jew, who was born in Maine in 1921 and served in the United States Army 11th Armored Infantry in World War II. He recalls enlisting in June 1944; entering Germany during the Battle of the Bulge; his capture; and transport through several holding camps to Gusen, then Mauthausen. He describes the prisoner hierarchy; many dying of starvation; brutal punishments and atrocities; taking clothes from the dead, avoiding those marked with a "J" because Jews were treated more harshly; inadequate sanitation; forced labor in a quarry; cannibalism among Soviet prisoners; local children who were encouraged to harass and strike prisoners enroute to the quarry; and a young girl who helped him when he was struck down. He notes his nightmares about these experiences and the dehumanization in the camps.

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