Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
August 2008
Abstract
Leonard E. Herzmark was a medical technician with the 120th Evacuation Hospital, which was one of the units sent to Buchenwald after its liberation on April 11, 1945. Arriving at the camp three days after liberation, their first task was to clean up the barracks and set up facilities to treat the former prisoners, whom they began rehydrating. Herzmark and his unit spent about ten days at Buchenwald before leaving; several days later, they arrived at Dachau. In this interview, Herzmark describes his reactions to Buchenwald and his duties taking care of patients.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Medical care, Veterans, Jewish veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital 120th, Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Dachau (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:59:48; 32 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Weimar (Germany); Dachau (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00058
Recommended Citation
Herzmark, Leonard E., "Leonard E. Herzmark Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 48.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/48
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