Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
November 2008
Abstract
Karl Pauzar was a sergeant in the 14th Armored Division, which liberated Ampfing, a sub-camp of Dachau, on May 3, 1945. While driving a half-track through the town of Ampfing, he found the unguarded camp where he saw a prisoner who had come to the fence. Unable to halt their pursuit of the Germans, they did not stop at the camp. Pauzar was recognized by his local Jewish organization for being a liberator, and is featured on the Holocaust display at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. In this interview, he also provides some explanations about tank warfare and the role of the armored infantry.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Armored Division 14th, Ampfing (Concentration camp)
Extent
00:16:07; 11 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ampfing (Germany)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00101
Recommended Citation
Pauzar, Karl, "Karl Pauzar Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 89.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/89
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