Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
September 2008
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Owen Tripp. Tripp was an infantryman in the 9th Armored Division, which liberated Falkenau, a sub-camp of Flossenbürg, on May 8, 1945. His unit only spent about half an hour on the camp, but they were there long enough to go through the barracks, which were deserted except for the fleas, with which Tripp soon was covered. He also saw three boxcars in which there were dozens of dead or nearly dead prisoners. Tripp did not see any other camps, but his division did pass by some prisoners on a death march, although they could not stop to help them.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Czechoslovakia, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Czechoslovakia, 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, Veterans--United States--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
C65-00138
Recommended Citation
Tripp, Owen, "Owen Tripp oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 122.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/122
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