Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
August 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Bernard Schutz. Schutz, a musician and comedian, was a member of the 20th Special Service Unit, which was attached to the 5th Army, accompanying them across North Africa and Europe. In France, he met a family of Jewish refugees that had been in hiding and were now trying to get to another town to stay with relatives; he and his party escorted them there, and the father gave him a photograph in thanks. His next encounter with the Holocaust came in April 1945 when Landsberg was liberated. Schutz heard about it and went to see the camp. He was not allowed past the gate, due to concerns about disease, but saw the prisoners inside. Schutz is married to a Holocaust survivor from the Netherlands and is active with several Jewish and Holocaust remembrance groups, including the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States, Jewish veterans--United States--Interviews, Veterans--United States--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
C65-00123
Recommended Citation
Schutz, Bernard, "Bernard Schutz oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 108.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/108
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