Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
September 2008
Abstract
Owen 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
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 9th, Falkenau (Concentration camp), Death marches
Extent
00:18:34; 13 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Sokolov (Czech Republic)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00138
Recommended Citation
Tripp, Owen, "Owen Tripp Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 122.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/122
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