Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
September 2008
Abstract
Elmer Chalcraft was a member of the 63rd Infantry Division, which liberated Kaufering, a sub-camp of Dachau, on April 29, 1945. While proceeding on the Central Europe Campaign, the division encountered a group of German prisoners who had surrendered to the British. Shortly afterwards, they continued down the road and found the camp. According to Chalcraft, he and his comrades were there only a short time before other American soldiers, possibly from the 36th Infantry Division, told them to leave. Chalcraft describes the prisoners and his reaction to them.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 63rd, Kaufering (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:09:21; 9 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Kaufering (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00018
Recommended Citation
Chalcraft, Elmer, "Elmer Chalcraft Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/15
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