Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
August 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Tarmo Holma. Holma was a member of the 11th Armored Division, which liberated Mauthausen and Gusen on May 5-6, 1945, although Holma's company was not at the camps, having been assigned to guard the road around Linz, Austria. Holma did, however, encounter prisoners from Flossenbürg on a death march from that camp. On the road near Cham, Germany, Holma, who was seated on top of his tank, could see some activity on the road, which turned out to be thousands of prisoners. It took his unit the entire day to pass through the crowd. Holma is frequently invited to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Remembrance Day activities and is featured on the museum's website.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, Death marches--Germany--Personal narratives, 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, 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
C65-00060
Recommended Citation
Holma, Tarmo, "Tarmo Holma oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 50.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/50
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