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 James Dorris. Dorris was a member of the 42nd Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. The division arrived in France in December 1944 and was organized into Task Force Linden, participating in the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhineland Campaign, and the Central Europe Campaign. While on their way to Munich, they were redirected to Dachau, along with the 45th Infantry Division. In this interview, Dorris describes entering the camp, where he was placed on guard duty to keep the former prisoners from leaving; one of them gave Dorris a cigarette butt that he had been saving. They stayed in the camp that night, sleeping in one of the guards' houses, and left the next morning for Munich.
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
C65-00030
Recommended Citation
Dorris, James, "James Dorris oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 24.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/24