Milton G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Milton G., who was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1918. He recalls military draft in 1943; training as a medic; landing in France in January 1945; serving in the 65th Division; moving through France and Germany; entering Mauthausen; transporting debilitated prisoners to a hospital in Linz; speaking Yiddish to some of the prisoners; leaving about thirty-six hours later; attending Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur services in Salzburg conducted by former Mauthausen prisoners when the war was over; and returning home in winter 1946. He discusses sharing his experiences with his daughter and recently visiting Mauthausen with his wife.
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
- G., Milton, -- 1918-
Corporate Bodies
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 65th.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- Liberator.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Linz (Austria )
- Salzburg (Austria)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat