Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project

Interviewee

Sidney Glucksman

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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)

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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

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