Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
September 2008
Abstract
John P. Brooks was a soldier in the 65th Infantry Division, which liberated Flossenbürg on April 21, 1945; he also was at Ohrdruf and went to Mauthausen after the war was over. As part of a reconnaissance platoon, his job was to scout the surrounding area, so Brooks did not directly enter the camp. While on the road, he and his comrades did encounter groups of displaced persons, possibly even prisoners on death marches. After the war, he was sent to Hörsching, Austria, a suburb of Linz where there was a small camp.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 65th, Flossenbürg (Concentration camp), Ohrdruf (Concentration camp), Mauthausen (Concentration camp), Death marches
Extent
00:08:58; 9 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Flossenbürg (Germany); Ohrdruf (Germany); Mauthausen (Austria); Hörsching (Austria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00012
Recommended Citation
Brooks, John P., "John P. Brooks Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 9.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/9
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