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 Louis P. Blatz. Blatz was a private in the 80th Infantry Division, which liberated Buchenwald on April 12, 1945 and Ebensee, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, on May 4-5, 1945. Arriving in Europe in January 1945, he joined the division during the Battle of the Bulge. The division proceeded on the Central Europe Campaign and encountered Buchenwald, Ebensee, and a small prisoner of war camp. Blatz describes his experiences at the three camps; he had a camera and took several photographs at Buchenwald. He also describes an encounter with a Holocaust denier several years after the war ended.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, Concentration camps--History--Austria, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Austria, 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, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
C65-00010
Recommended Citation
Blatz, Louis P., "Louis P. Blatz oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/7
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