Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
September 2008
Abstract
Jack DeWitt was a captain in the 14th Armored Division, which liberated Mühldorf, a sub-camp of Dachau; Stalag VII A, a prisoner of war camp; and several other camps in April 1945. In this interview, DeWitt discusses liberating the camps, describing the condition of the prisoners. The division is credited with liberating numerous camps; this interview focuses on Muhldorf and Stalag VII A.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 14th, Mühldorf (Concentration camp), Stalag VII A
Extent
00:16:28; 11 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Moosburg an der Isar (Germany); Mühldorf (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00028
Recommended Citation
DeWitt, Jack Richard, "Jack Richard DeWitt Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 22.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/22
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