Oral Histories
John Holmes
2015-06-06T17:15:18-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNmJjXC8yMDE1MDYwNjE3MTg0MjAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==U.S. Army Veteran John Holmes talks about coming across a Nazi labor camp during World War II in the Hartz region of Austria and liberating the Jews who were imprisoned there. He also spoke about some of his regiment’s encounters with Nazi soldiers throughout the war. Mr. Holmes died in 2013.
This interview was conducted on February 14, 1995, by Sandra Bradley and is part of the oral history collection at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Army Veteran John Holmes talks about coming across a Nazi labor camp during World War II in the Hartz region of Austria and liberating …
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U.S. Army Veteran John Holmes talks about coming across a Nazi labor camp during World War II in the Hartz region of Austria and liberating the Jews who were imprisoned there. He also spoke about some of his regiment’s encounters with Nazi soldiers throughout the war. Mr. Holmes died in 2013.
This interview was conducted on February 14, 1995, by Sandra Bradley and is part of the oral history collection at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. close
This interview was conducted on February 14, 1995, by Sandra Bradley and is part of the oral history collection at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Army Veteran John Holmes talks about coming across a Nazi labor camp during World War II in the Hartz region of Austria and liberating … read more
U.S. Army Veteran John Holmes talks about coming across a Nazi labor camp during World War II in the Hartz region of Austria and liberating the Jews who were imprisoned there. He also spoke about some of his regiment’s encounters with Nazi soldiers throughout the war. Mr. Holmes died in 2013.
This interview was conducted on February 14, 1995, by Sandra Bradley and is part of the oral history collection at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. close
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