Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
June 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Phyllis Law. Law was a nurse with the 131st Evacuation Hospital, which was one of the units sent to Mauthausen-Gusen after its liberation on May 5, 1945. The nurses did not go into the camp for several days after they arrived there and, once they had, stayed in the officers' quarters at some distance from the camp. Law's main job at first was to distribute medication, but a series of accidents limited her interaction with the prisoners. The 131st Evac Hospital was at the camp for two months before returning to the United States.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation, World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Medical care, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States, Nurses--United States--Interviews, Veterans--United States--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
C65-00075
Recommended Citation
Law, Phyllis Lamont, "Phyllis Law oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 63.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/63
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