Emerson B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Emerson B., who served with the United States Army 411th Infantry Regiment, then the 3rd Infantry Division in World War II. He recounts landing in North Africa; being wounded in Italy; hospitalization; going through France to Germany; visiting Dachau for about four hours the day after its liberation; and observing from a distance a train filled with emaciated corpses and prisoners.
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
- B., Emerson.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 411th.
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 3rd.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
Places
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat
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