Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
December 2008
Abstract
William Dorman was a combat correspondent with the 84th Infantry Division, which liberated Ahlem and Salzwedel, both sub-camps of Neuengamme, in April 1945, though Dorman was only present at Ahlem. He was with the second group of soldiers that went into the camp and spent a few hours there. He did not have the chance to talk to any of the survivors since they had all been evacuated before he got there, but he did speak with some German civilians. Before the army, Dorman had been a reporter for the Boston Herald-Traveler, and he wrote several stories about the war, all of which were published. Seeing Ahlem affected him very deeply, which he discusses in this interview.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Military journalism, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 84th, Ahlem (Concentration camp), Salzwedel (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:31:36; 18 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hannover (Germany); Salzwedel (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00147
Recommended Citation
Dorman, William, "William Dorman Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 129.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/129
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