Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
January 2009
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Wendell Hall. Hall was a member of the 103rd Infantry Division, which liberated one of the Kaufering camps on April 27, 1945. He and his unit approached the camp on foot and entered some of the huts, but spent only a few minutes there before their officers led them away. After the war ended, Hall spent several weeks at Dachau on occupation duty; although much of it had been sanitized by the time he arrived, he still found the empty crematorium ovens disturbing. Hall has written many letters about the Holocaust to his local newspaper; the letters are archived on his website, along with his wartime memoirs.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Amercian, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States, Veterans--United States--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
C65-00052
Recommended Citation
Hall, Wendell H., "Wendell Herbert Hall oral history interview" (2009). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 42.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/42
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