Merle W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1151) [videorecording] / interviewed by Harriet Ainbinder and Naomi Klein, February 2, 1989.

Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1989.

1 videorecording (20 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Merle W., who was a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II. He recalls serving in North Africa, Italy, and the Battle of the Bulge; entering Nordhausen with no prior knowledge of it; many corpses exhibiting signs of starvation; the joy of the surviving prisoners; his commander requiring German men to bury the corpses and women and children to watch; difficulty believing the treatment of the Jews; and his unit taking no prisoners for some time afterward as a result of their anger. Mr. W. expresses his belief that similar events will recur. He shows photographs he took in Nordhausen and his military map.

June 01, 2002

Merle W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1151). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Merle W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1151). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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