Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
3-18-2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Frederick "Fritz" Krenkler. 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
Concentration camps--History--Germany, 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
C65-00071
Recommended Citation
Krenkler, Frederick "Fritz", "Frederick "Fritz" Krenkler oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 60.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/60
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