Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
June 2008
Abstract
Harry Glenchur was a private first class in the 89th Infantry Division, which liberated Ohrdruf, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, on April 4, 1945. While on campaign through the Rhineland, his unit was billeted in the town of Ohrdruf. Glenchur and his comrades went through the concentration camp, witnessing the barracks and the crematorium. Since he spoke a little German Glenchur was occasionally used as an interpreter, and he took the battalion commander through the camp. In this interview, he describes his reactions to the camp and the inmates and recounts some of his other wartime experiences.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 89th, Ohrdruf (Concentration camp), Translators
Extent
00:40:41; 19 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ohrdruf (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00049
Recommended Citation
Glenchur, Harry, "Harry Glenchur Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 39.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/39
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