Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
3-21-2022
Date
March 2008
Abstract
Frederick "Fritz" Krenkler who was born in Germany, was in an Intelligence & Reconnaissance platoon in the 42nd Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. As a native speaker of German, his job was to question prisoners, looking for war criminals. He was ordered to take two POWs to show him the best way to Dachau; as they approached, a tank fired on their jeep. Krenkler did not go into the camp that day as he was interrogating the guards in a courtyard and quickly moved on to continue his work. He returned to visit the camp several weeks later, after the war had ended. In this interview, he also discusses post-traumatic stress disorder and how seeing Dachau has affected his life.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 42nd, Prisoners of war, Dachau (Concentration camp)
Extent
01:14:30; 33 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Dachau (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00071
Recommended Citation
Krenkler, Frederick, "Frederick "Fritz" Krenkler Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 60.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/60
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