Christy A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2872) [videorecording] / interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman, May 24, 1994.

New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 32 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Christy A., who was drafted into the United States army in December 1942. He describes training as a radio mechanic; service in France and Germany; briefly entering Buchenwald after it was liberated; emaciated prisoners in overcrowded bunks; his shock at the conditions; hundreds of corpses near the crematoria; the anger of a Jewish-American soldier who was in their group; difficulty communicating with the prisoners; and his wish to leave quickly.

June 01, 2002

Christy A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2872). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Christy A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2872). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)