Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
November 2008
Abstract
Wayne "Roy" 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
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 84th, Salzwedel (Concentration camp), Frostbite
Extent
00:30:20; 17 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Salzwedel (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00094
Recommended Citation
Ogle, Wayne L., "Wayne "Roy" Ogle Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 82.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/82
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