Eli W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Eli W., who was born in the United States and grew up in a secular home, observing Jewish holidays. He recounts enlisting in the United States Army after Pearl Harbor; training as a tank officer; serving in the Third Army, 11th Armored Division; fighting under Patton in southern Europe and the Battle of the Bulge; capture near Malmedy; observing from a distance the Germans shooting all the American prisoners; immediately escaping; rejoining his unit; the pervasive stench when approaching Mauthausen; entering in the lead tank; shock at the condition of the prisoners; taking photographs which they later discarded; feeding the prisoners, not realizing it was harmful; piles of corpses; compelling locals, who denied knowledge of the camp, to bury the bodies; not discussing this experience for many years, despite it having changed him; briefly administering a displaced persons camp; and recently sharing his experience with his children, grandchildren, and school classes.

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