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Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein
Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein
Combined Interviews
Recollects early childhood and adolescence in Poland; ghetto life under Nazi occupation; slave labor camp at Plaszaw; Auschwitz experience; war effort in Czechoslovakia; liberation.
Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres
Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres
Combined Interviews
Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; provides detailed description of capture by German ski troopers after being shot down on combat mission to Regensberg, Germany; daily life in POW camps; liberation of camp by Russian Army; discrimination and prejudice in U.S. military.
Interview No. 879, June Kruszewski
Interview No. 879, June Kruszewski
Combined Interviews
Relates memories of Poland during Nazi occupation, including the bombing, food, and living arrangement.
Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone
Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone
Combined Interviews
Recalls early childhood and adolescence in Czechoslovakia; events and life in slave labor camp in Hungary; liberation.
Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht
Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht
Combined Interviews
Shares thoughts on the psychological warfare used by Nazis; tells about condition in eastern Europe during the war and life in labor camp.
Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen
Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen
Combined Interviews
Recollections og ghetto life under Nazi Occupation; time spent in concentration camp Lithuania; reflects on treatment of Jews by fellow Lithuanians and Germans.
Interview No. 787, Hal J. Gambrell
Interview No. 787, Hal J. Gambrell
Combined Interviews
World War II combat experiences; stories of being wounded three times and describes convalescent periods; tells about brief encounters with Gen. Terry Allen; related story of General Allen's problems in Africa with the 1st Division which led to his dismissal and eventual command 104th.
Interview No. 790, Albert Schwartz
Interview No. 790, Albert Schwartz
Combined Interviews
Discusses biographical data; how General Allen asked him to join the 104th Division; training of Division in Arizona; Allen's belief of why he (Allen) had trouble with military "brass;" General Allen's removal as commander of the 1st Division; "midnight requisitions;" movement and combat experiences of the 104th; Concentration Camp at Nordhousen (Dora); Terry Allen Jr's death and the effect on General Allen; General Allen during retirement; encounters with Russian soldiers; night fighting; and general reflections on General Terry Allen as a man.
Interview No. 789, Anita Whelen
Interview No. 789, Anita Whelen
Combined Interviews
Discusses family background; relationship of El Paso girls and cavalry officers at Fort Bliss; marriage of Terry and Mary Frances Allen; circumstances of General Allen's removal from command of the Division; the pre-WWII visit of Will Rogers in El Paso; general recollections about General Terry Allen.
Interview No. 788, Jim Williamson
Interview No. 788, Jim Williamson
Combined Interviews
Discusses training and leadership of the 104th; functions of the ordinance companies; German long range railroad guns; American air raid on Eschweiler; night fighting; General Allen's troubled with General Patton in Sicily; the 104th division chosen to lead an attack on Japan after end of hostilities in Germany.