Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
February 2008
Abstract
Herbert A. Butt was a private first class in the 42nd Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. The division arrived in Europe in December 1944 and was organized into Task Force Linden, participating in the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhineland Campaign, and the Central Europe Campaign. While on their way to Munich, they were redirected to Dachau, along with the 45th Infantry Division. Butt speaks about entering Dachau, describing the camp and the prisoners, and sharing his reactions to it. He speaks about Dachau in schools, and has been the national secretary of the Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Foundation.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 42nd, Dachau (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:57:36; 30 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ardennes; Dachau (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00015
Recommended Citation
Butt, Herbert A., "Herbert A. Butt Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 12.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/12
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