Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
May 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Bernard "Bernie" Diamond. Diamond was a gunner in the 87th Infantry Division, which visited Ohrdruf, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, shortly after its liberation in April 1945. The division went overseas in October 1944 and reached France in December, shortly before the Battle of the Bulge started. After that battle, their first combat action, the division proceeded through Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany, and encountered Ohrdruf. Diamond describes entering the camp, where he saw piles of clothing and baskets filled with what he thought were pebbles; they were actually teeth with gold fillings. He was not in the camp long before the division moved on, but did interact with some of the prisoners.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, 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
C65-00029
Recommended Citation
Diamond, Bernard, "Bernard Diamond oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 23.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/23
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