Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
September 2008
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Tom Malan. Malan was a mortarman in the 63rd Infantry Division, which liberated Landsberg on April 29, 1945. En route to Munich, they found the camp. The gates were open and the guards had fled, but before leaving they had set some of the buildings on fire, with prisoners still inside. Malan gave one of them a piece of bread; the man could only eat a tiny morsel of it at a time. They did not find many survivors, and the camp was scattered with corpses. Malan stayed in Europe until 1946, playing trumpet in the 255th Regiment Band.
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
C65-00083
Recommended Citation
Malan, Tom, "Tom Malan oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 71.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/71
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