Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
April 2008
Abstract
Robert Duoos was a member of the 80th Infantry Division, which liberated Buchenwald on April 12, 1945. He and his unit were separated from the rest of their troop when their jeep broke down, so they stayed behind in Weimar. They heard about Buchenwald from some other American soldiers, and went out to the camp to see it, witnessing the crematorium, hospital, and other areas. When they caught up to their comrades in Nüremberg, Duoos met a French prisoner from Buchenwald, who traveled briefly with the division, and had several conversations with him about the camp. In this interview, Duoos also describes several other wartime experiences, including capturing groups of prisoners and seeing the building in Nuremberg where the war crimes trials were held in 1946.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 80th, Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Extent
01:08:38; 25 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Weimar (Germany); Nüremberg (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00034
Recommended Citation
Duoos, Robert S., "Robert Duoos Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 27.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/27
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