Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
September 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Colvin Caughey. Caughey was a machine gunner in the 11th Armored Division, which liberated Mauthausen on May 6, 1945. The division arrived in England in October 1944, trained there for two months, and landed in France on December 16, the day the Battle of the Bulge began. Caughey was wounded two weeks later and spent several weeks in Army hospitals in France and England; he rejoined the division in April, by which time it had reached Germany. A week before finding Mauthausen, they encountered several hundred prisoners on a death march. Caughey and the division were at Mauthausen for three weeks; his primary task there was guard duty for the hospital and the German prisoners of war. In this interview, he provides a detailed description of the camp and its prisoners.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Austria, Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, 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
C65-00017
Recommended Citation
Caughey, Colvin, "Colvin Caughey oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 14.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/14
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