Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
September 2008
Abstract
John R. Hallowell began as a mortar man and was eventually a warrant officer in the 45th Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. He went overseas with the division in 1942 and served in North Africa, Italy, and the invasion of southern France. After crossing the Siegfried Line and progressing through Germany, they captured Nüremberg and ran into Dachau on the way to Munich. Hallowell was present the day the camp was liberated and the day after, when he was assigned to escort a photographer around. In this interview, he describes finding the camp, seeing the prisoners, and his reactions to the sights. A writer by profession, Hallowell was his regiment's historian during the war and is also the president of his regiment's association.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 45th, Dachau (Concentration camp), Siegfried Line (Germany)
Extent
00:43:12; 22 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Dachau (Germany); Nüremberg (Germany); Munich (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00053
Recommended Citation
Hallowell, John R., "John R. Hallowell Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 43.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/43
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