Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
January 2008
Abstract
Sal Salvio was a tank driver in the 4th Armored Division, which liberated Ohrdruf on April 4, 1945. As his unit was driving through the forest, they came to a clearing and could see chimneys with smoke coming out of them. They went to investigate and found Ohrdruf, where the guards quickly scattered. Salvio was at the camp for a couple of days, during which time he saw the barracks and crematorium, and he was there when the local townspeople were brought in. In this interview, he describes his job as a tank driver and speaks about what it was like to be in a battle in a tank.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Tank warfare, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 4th, Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:40:03; 28 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ohrdruf (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00119
Recommended Citation
Salvio, Sal, "Sal Salvio Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 105.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/105
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