Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
July 2008
Abstract
Joel S. Waltzer was a member of the 63rd Infantry Division, which liberated Landsberg, Kaufering, and other sub-camps of Dachau. Waltzer, however, was not present at the liberation: having contracted frostbite and dysentery, he spent some time in a hospital in Dijon, then after recovering was transferred to Paris where he was a military policeman. Waltzer enjoyed his time in Paris, although he did face some anti-Semitism from other soldiers. During the Battle of the Bulge, he and his unit spent the night in a former synagogue; the soldiers started to burn pages from the prayer books, which upset Waltzer; he seized the pages and wanted to bury them but did not have the chance.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Jewish veterans, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 63rd, Kaufering (Concentration camp), Dachau (Concentration camp), Frostbite, Dysentery
Extent
00:23:58; 12 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ardennes; Dachau (Germany); Kaufering (Germany); Dijon (France)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00143
Recommended Citation
Waltzer, Joel S., "Joel S. Waltzer Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 125.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/125
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