Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Hirsh, Michael
Publication Date
June 2008
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Aurio J. Pierro. Pierro was a tank commander in the 3rd Armored Division, which liberated Dora-Mittelbau on April 11, 1945. His platoon found a fence with a gate and a barracks on the other side of the fence, which turned out to be the concentration camp. They went through the gate and the prisoners came out; when they realized that the soldiers were Americans, they started jumping for joy. Some of Pierro's men wandered around on foot and directed him to look in a particular building, which contained several dead prisoners. The next day, they left the camp to continue on their mission; that was the only camp they saw. In this interview, Pierro also recounts some other stories from his arrival at Normandy two weeks after D-Day and from the Battle of the Bulge.
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
C65-00108
Recommended Citation
Pierro, Aurio J., "Aurio J. Pierro oral history interview" (2008). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 96.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/96
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