Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
November 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Wayne "Roy" Ogle. Ogle was in an anti-tank platoon in the 84th Infantry Division, which liberated Salzwedel on April 14, 1945. He arrived in Europe in November 1944, landing at Omaha Beach, and was in the Battle of the Bulge, where he suffered frostbite and was wounded; after being hospitalized for two weeks, he rejoined his division and they went on to Germany. When Ogle got to Salzwedel the guards had already left and the prisoners were overjoyed, dancing and running around the camp. His unit was at the camp for several days, but Ogle did not enter the camp; instead, he was placed on guard duty outside the gates. Many years after the war, at one of the division's reunions, he met a woman who was descended from Salzwedel survivors.
Keywords
Concentration camps--History--Germany, Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, 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
C65-00094
Recommended Citation
Ogle, Wayne L., "Wayne "Roy" Ogle oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 82.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/82
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