Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
April 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camps liberator Jack Kerins. Kerins was a member of the 63rd Infantry Division, which liberated Landsberg on April 29, 1945. The division went over in late 1944 and saw its first combat in the Battle of the Bulge and proceeded through Germany on the Rhineland Campaign, where Kerins was given a field promotion to second lieutenant. The division encountered Landsberg while chasing the Germans, and were told to stop at the camp, which Kerins decided to see for himself. He describes the prisoners, including an encounter with one particular man, whom the division took to a nearby house to find clothes. In this interview, he also describes some of his other wartime experiences.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--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
C65-00067
Recommended Citation
Kerins, Jack, "Jack Kerins oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 56.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/56
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