Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
August 2008
Abstract
Clifford B. Selwood was a staff sergeant in the 99th Infantry Division, which liberated Mühldorf, a sub-camp of Dachau, on May 3, 1945. He was originally part of the 69th Infantry Division, but was transferred to the 99th as a replacement before the Battle of the Bulge. His first battle was at Elsenborn Ridge, shortly after meeting the 99th. While hitching a ride on some tanks, they came to Mühldorf and saw the camp; the Americans opened the gates, and the skeletal prisoners wandered through the town looking for food. Selwood saw one eating from barrels of lard and sauerkraut. He and his squad went through a house looking for clothing, which they tossed out to the prisoners. After the war ended, Selwood was transferred to the 1st Infantry Division, and he and a friend ran the supply office during the Nuremberg Trials.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 99th, Mühldorf (Concentration camp), United States. Army. Infantry Division 1st
Extent
00:28:15; 19 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Mühldorf (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00124
Recommended Citation
Selwood, Clifford B., "Clifford B. Selwood Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 109.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/109
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