Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
July 2008
Abstract
Vincent Koch was a sergeant in the 63rd Infantry Division, which liberated Landsberg on April 29, 1945. He was one of the first soldiers to enter Landsberg, which they found en route to Munich. The guards had left and the gates were open, but the prisoners were still in their barracks. Shortly before finding the camp, Koch had received a care package from his family, and he tried to share some of the food with the prisoners, but his captain advised him against doing so. Koch's unit was in the camp for several days, helping the medical team evacuate the inmates. In this interview, Koch also discusses how being a Jew affected his military experience.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Jewish veterans, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 63rd, Landsberg (Concentration camp)
Extent
01:15:25; 36 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00070
Recommended Citation
Koch, Vincent, "Vincent Koch Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 59.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/59
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