Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
June 2008
Abstract
Joe Lipsius was a captain in the 69th Infantry Division, which liberated Leipzig-Thekla, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, though he himself was not present at that camp. He was drafted in October 1941 and spent three years training other soldiers for the 96th and 69th Infantry Divisions. The 69th arrived in Europe in December 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, then moved across the Siegfried Line and into Germany. Lipsius was one of the regiment's officers and was behind the rest of the troops planning their movements. While moving through Germany, he encountered one labor camp with Hungarian Jewish women, which a sergeant found and called to his attention. The women were not starving but wanted to be let out of the camp, which was against Lipsius's orders. Lipsius maintains a website about the 69th Division and its activity during World War II.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 69th, Leipzig-Thekla (Concentration camp)
Extent
01:29:45; 34 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ardennes; Thekla (Leipzig, Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00078
Recommended Citation
Lipsius, Joseph, "Joe Lipsius Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 66.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/66
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