Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
September 2008
Abstract
Orville Lawson was a member of the 11th Armored Division, which liberated Mauthausen on May 6, 1945. When they arrived at the camp its gates were open, and they were able to drive their tanks directly inside. The battalion headquarters took over the camp, and the soldiers were each assigned jobs; Larson's was guard duty. Prisoners who could travel were sent back to their home countries, while the sick ones were given medical treatment. Larson's division stayed in the camp for several weeks and were then dispatched to the Alps to search for the SS guards.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 11th, Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:24:45; 18 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Mauthausen (Austria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00073
Recommended Citation
Larson, Orville, "Orville Larson Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 61.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/61
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