Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
July 2008
Abstract
Albert J. Adams was a member of the 11th Armored Division when it liberated Mauthausen-Gusen on May 5, 1945. Arriving in Europe in late 1944, the division progressed through France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria during the Battle of the Bulge and the Central Europe Campaign. Adams describes his experiences leading up to their arrival at Mauthausen, which they learned about from other American soldiers. One of the camp's prisoners approached him and asked, in English, to borrow his carbine, which he allowed. This prisoner then took Adams on a complete tour of the camp, showing him the buses, quarry, and other things. Adams and his division remained in Mauthausen until the war ended.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 11th, Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Gusen (Concentration camp), Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:47:25; 27 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ardennes; Mauthausen (Austria); Sankt Georgen an der Gusen (Austria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00002
Recommended Citation
Adams, Albert J., "Albert J. Adams Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 2.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/2
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