Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
October 2008
Abstract
Sidney Glucksman was born in Chrzanów, Poland, and was first imprisoned at the age of twelve, shortly after the Germans invaded Poland. He was taken out of school and sent to a labor camp where he broke his arm; he was then taken to a different camp until his arm healed, after which he was sent to Gross-Rosen. Glucksman was at Gross-Rosen for several years until he and the other prisoners were marched to Dachau, where he remained until the war ended over a year later. Altogether, he was in concentration camps for six years. The day Dachau was liberated, Glucksman met an American soldier named Jerome Klein; they became friends while Klein was stationed in Munich. Klein's family sponsored Glucksman to come to America, and their friendship continues to the present day. Glucksman frequently speaks about his experiences, and has testified against two SS guards from Gross-Rosen, both of whom were convicted because of Glucksman's testimony.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Holocaust survivors, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp), Death marches, Dachau (Concentration camp)
Extent
01:08:41; 32 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Chrzanów (Poland); Rogoźnica (Poland); Dachau (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00050
Recommended Citation
Glucksman, Sidney, "Sidney Glucksman Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 40.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/40
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