Donald G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Donald G., who was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He tells of his training in Georgia and Scotland, then his position as a military policeman in Aachen, Germany; entering the Dora concentration camp in Nordhausen; lack of knowledge of what they were going to see; orders to separate the living from the dead; the terribly undernourished and overworked prisoners; the overwhelming stench (a memory which always returns when he remembers this time); taking pictures; not being able to talk about what he witnessed after his return to the United States; and his later realization of the importance of telling others of his experience. Mr. G. is joined by David C. and they discuss their joint project: visiting schools to describe what it was like to enter concentration camps in 1945.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)
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
- G., Donald.
Corporate Bodies
- Dora (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- Postwar experiences.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat