George G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0911
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of George G., who was born in Dallas, Texas in 1924, and served in the 99th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II. He recounts deployment to England; crossing the Channel in November 1944; fighting in Belgium and Germany; capture; his foxhole mate giving him his rosary and advising him to discard his Star of David; identifying himself as Catholic when asked by his captors; execution of a wounded U.S. soldier; transfer in cattle cars to Nuremberg, then Hammelburg; severe cold and hunger; train transfer back to Nuremberg, then a 100 kilometer march to Moosburg; hospitalization for frozen feet; liberation by his own unit; transfer to Regensburg; observing emaciated concentration camp prisoners en route; transfer to Paris, then England; hospitalization; and returning to the United States. Mr. G. discusses POWs killed in Allied bombings and reunions of his military unit.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

  • G., George, -- 1924-

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 99th.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Prisoners of war -- Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • United States -- Armed Forces -- Europe.
  • Nuremberg (Germany)
  • Hammelburg (Germany)
  • England.
  • Paris (France)
  • Regensburg (Germany)
  • Moosburg an der Isar (Germany)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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