Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
June 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Aldo De Tomasi. De Tomasi was a member of the 104th Infantry Division, which liberated Nordhausen, part of the Dora-Mittelbau complex of camps, on April 11, 1945. He joined the division during the Battle of the Bulge, which was his first combat action. After the Bulge, while proceeding through Germany, the division came to a fork in the road; most of the division took the left fork, but De Tomasi's unit took the other, which led them to Nordhausen. They were the first unit to arrive at the camp, and were followed by the rest of the division and the medics. In this interview, De Tomasi describes finding the camp and seeing the prisoners there.
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, American, 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
C65-00027
Recommended Citation
De Tomasi, Aldo, "Aldo De Tomasi oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 21.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/21
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