William J. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of William J., who was born in the United States in 1921. He recounts military draft in 1944; entering Europe through Scotland in January 1945; serving in the 90th Infantry division of the Third Army; liberating Flossenbu?rg on April 28, 1945; shock at the dead and dying inmates, their emaciated state, and the living conditions; being instructed not to share their rations with the prisoners; the high prisoner death rate; compelling local residents to bury the dead; leaving after three days; moving through Germany and Czechoslovakia; handling German POWs; assignment after the war guarding major war criminals at Nuremberg; and attending some trial sessions. Mr. J. notes he speaks to school groups about his experiences and shows photographs and a diagram he recently drew of Flossenbu?rg.
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
- J., William, -- 1921-
Corporate Bodies
- United States. -- Army. -- Division, 90th.
- FlossenbuĚrg (Concentration camp)
- United States. -- Army. -- Army, 3rd.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Liberator.
- Postwar experiences.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat