Oral History Interview with William McCormick
William McCormick describes being a sergeant in the 15th Reconnaissance Group, attached to Seventh Army Headquarters; entering Dachau one day after the initial liberation and staying for two days; giving a very powerful description of the physical and mental condition of the survivors; seeing bodies in boxcars and in piles on the ground and human ashes in boxes near the crematorium; how the Nazis killed thousands of prisoners the week before liberation; his reaction as well as that of others in his unit; and the lasting effect that what he saw in Dachau had on him.
Date: | 01/11/1988 |
Interviewer: | Philip G. Solomon |
Interviewee: | William McCormick |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Concentration camp inmates. Crematoriums. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Mass murder. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States. Men--Personal narratives. |
Location: | Dachau concentration camp |
Permalink: | https://hoha.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/oral-history-interview-with-william-mccormick/ |
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