Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
January 2009
Abstract
Creighton Kerr was a member of the 84th Infantry Division, which liberated Salzwedel on April 29, 1945. After capturing the town of Hannover, his unit found a Russian prisoner of war who told them about the nearby concentration camp, and they went to investigate. The guards had already fled, and the prisoners were screaming and dancing for joy. Kerr met two American soldiers, prisoners of war in the camp and gave one of them his rifle and some ammunition; to the other, he gave some of his rations, and he talked with him briefly. They were only in the camp for a short time before they had to leave. Kerr later met one of the former prisoners at one of his division's reunions.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 84th, Prisoners of war, Neuengamme (Concentration camp), Salzwedel (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:19:50; 12 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Salzwedel (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00068
Recommended Citation
Kerr, Creighton, "Creighton Kerr Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 57.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/57
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