Jerry S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jerry S., who was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He recounts assignment to the 82nd Airborne Division; dropping into France behind enemy lines; fighting from town to town in Germany; entering Dachau, having no conception of a concentration camp; observing prisoners who looked like walking cadavers, mostly Jews; providing whatever food and water they had; observing piles of corpses, human hair, and belongings; United Stares military authorities compelling local Germans to go through Dachau; their specious claim of having no knowledge of the camp; and leaving shortly thereafter.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- Jerry S.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. -- Army. -- Airborne Division, 82nd.
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- Liberator.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
Places
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat