Liberator Oral Histories
The Virginia Holocaust Museum has an extensive collection of testimony from soldiers who liberated camps at the end of the Holocaust while serving with the United States military. Each narrative contains different themes based on the experiences of the individual; you will find the following testimony "types" in this collection:
- Liberator = was part of a military unit that "liberated" a concentration camp
- POW = military person who was captured and spent time in a POW camp
Note: This is not a complete list of our oral history collection. This finding aid is being updated regularly as we continue to index the oral histories.
| Name | Type | Keywords | Transcript |
| Beverly, A. | Liberator | Dachau | Yes |
| Booth, C. | Liberator | Dachau | Yes |
| Bryant, J. | Liberator | Woebbelin | *** |
| Fitchett, B. | Liberator | Ohrdruf | *** |
| Herrick, A. | Liberator | Buchenwald | *** |
| Kotlyar, L. | POW | Bergen-Belson, Alten-Grabow, Politz | *** |
| Lawless, J. | Liberator | Buchenwald | *** |
| McGuire, C. | Liberator | Neuemgamme | *** |
| Michaels, J. | POW | Stalag 9-B, Bergen-Belson | *** |
| Oxendine, J. | Liberator | Buchenwald, Wobbelin | *** |
| Pettus, J. | Liberator | Dachau | *** |
| Puryear, R. | Liberator | Buchenwald | *** |
| Roberts, I. | POW | Germany | *** |
| Rodericks, G. | Liberator | Dachau | *** |
| Roesell, A. | Liberator | Buchenwald, Dachau | *** |
| Rosenfeld, H. | Liberator | Dachau | *** |
| Rosenthal, E. | Liberator | Limburg (Germany) | *** |
| Webber, B.. | Liberator | Mauthausen | *** |
| Wickstead, J. | Liberator | Buchenwald, Langenstein-Zweiberge | *** |