Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
May 2008
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Herbert Cohen. Cohen was a member of the 20th Armored Division, which liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. His unit also liberated the Hadamar Euthanasia Center and Mühldorf, a sub-camp of Dachau. They did not spend much time at Hadamar as they ran through the hospital looking for the guards, but they did go through Dachau more slowly. Cohen saw the crematorium at Dachau and spoke to some of the prisoners in Yiddish, and he also talked to the townspeople, who denied knowing anything about the camp. During this interview, he reads some excerpts from his division's history book.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States, Jewish veterans--United States--Interviews, Veterans--United States--Interview, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
C65-00146
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Herbert, "Herbert Cohen oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 128.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/128
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