Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project

Interviewee

Robert Burrows

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Interviewer

Michael Hirsh

Publication Date

March 2022

Date

August 2008

Abstract

Robert Burrows was a member of the 80th Infantry Division, which liberated Buchenwald on April 12, 1945. On April 11, Burrows, who was assigned to the intelligence section, was scouting ahead of the battalion and found a sub-camp of Buchenwald. The camp was nearly deserted; he saw no guards and only two prisoners, whom he did not approach. After looking around, Burrows and his driver continued to Weimar, which the 6th Armored Division and another regiment from the 80th had already reached. In this interview, Burrows also describes some of his other wartime experiences, including finding a group of Jewish refugees on their way to Italy and then to Israel.

Keywords

World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 80th, Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Extent

00:33:51; 20 page transcript

Subject: geographic

Weimar (Germany)

Language

English

Digital Date

2022

Media Type

Oral histories

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

C65-00014

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