Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
June 2008
Abstract
Harold "Archie" Dunbar was a sergeant in the 42nd Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. In this interview, he describes some of his experiences during the Battle of the Bulge and leading up to the discovery of Dachau. Dunbar was at Dachau for about an hour before he had to move on with his division to Munich. After the war, he was stationed at Camp Marcus W. Orr, a prisoner of war camp near Salzburg, before coming home in late 1945.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 42nd, Dachau (Concentration camp), Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Prisoners of war, Camp Marcus W. Orr
Extent
00:17:18; 12 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ardennes; Dachau (Germany); Munich (Germany); Salzburg (Austria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00033
Recommended Citation
Dunbar, Harold, "Harold "Archie" Dunbar Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 26.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/26
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