Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
April 2008
Abstract
William F. Sutton went to Europe with the 63rd Infantry Division but was transferred to the 45th after the Battle of the Bulge; the 45th went on to liberate Dachau on April 29, 1945. On the way to Munich, his unit was diverted to Dachau, arriving at the camp late in the afternoon; they spent about four hours there on guard duty, during which time Sutton did not see any prisoners, and then left, spending the night in the nearby town. The next day, they came upon Allach, a sub-camp of Dachau famous for its porcelain factory. Sutton met a Hungarian prisoner who spoke English, who followed them to Munich and joined his unit, staying with them for the next four months. The man eventually immigrated to the United States, and Sutton visited him several times. In 1990 Sutton and his son attended a reunion of former Dachau prisoners and spoke with some of them.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 63rd, United States. Army. Infantry Division 65th, Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Dachau (Concentration camp), Allach (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:56:06; 21 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Dachau (Germany); Allach-Untermenzing (Munich, Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00135
Recommended Citation
Sutton, William F., "William F. Sutton Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 119.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/119
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