Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
August 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Ventura De La Torre. De La Torre was a truck driver in the 80th Infantry Division, which liberated Buchenwald on April 12, 1945. One of the division's original members, he arrived in Europe in August 1944; their first combat was at Argentan later that month. In this interview, De La Torre describes going into Buchenwald and seeing the prisoners, and his reaction to them.
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, 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
C65-00025
Recommended Citation
De La Torre, Ventura, "Ventura De La Torre oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 19.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/19