Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
May 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Ray David Little. Little was a driver in a weapons company, a member of the 89th Infantry Division, which liberated Ohrdruf on April 4, 1945. He was not present the day the Americans discovered the camp, arriving the day afterwards. At Ohrdruf, his assignment was to patrol the camp and stop any disturbances, but he also had the opportunity to look around and found an underground communications bunker. It was this facility that had led troops to the area, where they happened on the camp. Little also saw several displaced persons, who had been brought to the camp shortly after liberation. He has a set of photographs of the camp, taken by a friend, which show the bodies in the camp.
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
C65-00079
Recommended Citation
Little, Ray David, "Ray David Little oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 67.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/67
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