Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
August 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Arthur Leu. Leu was an MP, or Military Police, with the 104th Infantry Division, which liberated Nordhausen, part of the Dora-Mittelbau complex of camps, on April 11, 1945. He joined the division as a replacement in late 1944, at which time it was moving through Germany and taking many prisoners; as an MP, Leu's main responsibility was to guard the prisoners. While heading to Berlin, they found the Nordhausen compound. Leu arrived at the camp after the first soldiers and did not spend much time there before continuing with his other duties. He describes entering the camp and seeing the prisoners, and explains how seeing them affected his reaction to the German prisoners they captured.
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
C65-00076
Recommended Citation
Leu, Arthur, "Arthur Leu oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 64.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/64
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