Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
November 2008
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Thomas E. Harvey. Harvey was a member of the 11th Armored Division, which liberated Mauthausen on May 6, 1945. Harvey and his unit spent a few hours in the camp, witnessing bodies, the crematoria, and some emaciated survivors; an engineering battalion was right behind them to bury the remains. Harvey also helped liberate several thousand prisoners on a death march near Cham, Germany.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, 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
C65-00055
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Thomas E., "Thomas E. Harvey oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 45.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/45
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