Hence H. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0817
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Hence H., who served in the United States Army in World War II. He recounts military draft in 1944; deployment to Europe; landing in Le Havre; entering Buchenwald; a prisoner showing him the crematoria; corpses stacked like wood; lampshades made of human skin; burying corpses; the pervasive stench, which he remembers to this day; Eisenhower visiting the camp; marching local Germans through the camp; returning to the United States; and military discharge.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

Conditions Governing Access

This testimony is open with permission.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • H., Hence, -- 1911-

Corporate Bodies

  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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