Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
June 2008
Abstract
Philip Drell, a photographer with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, was part of a unit with film director George Stevens, the Special Motion Pictures Coverage Unit (SPECOU). This unit documented D-Day and other events from the war, including the Dachau concentration camp. Drell, who joined the group after D-Day, took photographs at Dachau and at another camp, Thekla. He describes the group, his reactions to the camps, and some of his photographs. Also present is his wife, Winifred Drell, who provides additional information.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, War photographers, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Signal Corps, D-Day, Dachau (Concentration camp), Leipzig-Thekla (Concentration camp), George Stevens (1904-1975)
Extent
00:12:55; 12 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Dachau (Germany); Thekla (Leipzig, Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00032
Recommended Citation
Drell, Philip and Drell, Winnie, "Philip Drell and Winnie Drell Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 25.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/25
Rights Statement
