Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
Loading...
Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
November 2008
Abstract
Robert Highsmith was a member of the 14th Armored Division, which liberated Ampfing, a sub-camp of Dachau, on May 1, 1945. The division went overseas in October 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where they had two major battles. On campaign through central Europe, they were given the objective to take the Ampfing camp. The guards had already left the camp by that time; Highsmith recalls about that about 100 prisoners remained. In this interview, he describes finding the camp and his reactions to the prisoners
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 14th, Ampfing (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:27:59; 19 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ardennes; Ampfing (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00059
Recommended Citation
Highsmith, Robert, "Robert Highsmith Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 49.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/49
Rights Statement
