Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
August 2008
Abstract
Clarence H. Brockman was a private first class in the 80th Infantry Division when it liberated Buchenwald on April 12, 1945. Arriving in Europe in the summer of 1944, after D-Day, their first battle was the Battle of Falaise Gap. After that, the division made its way through France, Luxembourg, and Germany on the Central Europe Campaign. While on the way to Buchenwald, Brockman and three others were the first to find a small camp near Weimar. The division encountered several other smaller camps before and after Buchenwald. Brockman describes his experiences at the camps and his reaction to what he saw. He also tells of several incidents where he took German soldiers prisoner.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 80th, Battle of Falaise Gap (France 1944), Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Extent
01:07:31; 26 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Normandy (France); Weimar (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00011
Recommended Citation
Brockman, Clarence H., "Clarence H. Brockman Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/8
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