Liberator Ernest James Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

[@sashek8451]

I’m so grateful for these projects and oral histories. And those who fought for freedom that we regretfully take too much for granted these days.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

These stories are priceless. I love them because they give me such a respect for life and how good we all have it compared to the horrors the Greatest Generation had to endure. God Bless this man.

[@AmyK-jw5bu]

“The seeds of the Holocaust are here…we need to be very vigilant.” Profound words in 2022.

[@zinam7480]

This is a great interview... Interviews like this should be shown in schools and colleges.

[@genataylor460]

This is one of the better interviews of the dozen or so I've seen so far, both due to his memory and his fluent way of talking about it. I wonder if he is still alive, he would be around 100 now. He was three years younger than my mother and nine years younger than my father. Daddy served during the war, but was not allowed to go overseas due to his health. He had, in fact, tried to enlist the day after Pearl Harbor and had been rejected due to health issues, but had refused to accept the rejection, and had used family influences to make the military allow him to serve. He was always terribly embarrassed that he was not allowed to serve in combat. He died in 1976 of a sudden and unexpected heart attack.

[@johnluke9207]

What a man! Wonderful family...

[@ATTACK7171]

I've listened to so many vets stories with nothing but admiration and respect, I'm mixed race born in London England in 1971, my grandad was my dad in my opinion and my nan was a second mum, I spent most of my time at my grand parents house, my grandad was in the navy and I study ww2 history in my own way, this generation of the human race was the best of the best and of the worst, thank you to all vets no matter the country of origin thankyou for your strength and courage thank you for fighting and for so many losing there lives, thank you to all the women who worked so hard whilst sons husbnds and brothers and family members fought over seas thank you to all men women and children who played there part during work war 2, no war is a good war and no war is a wanted war, more a needed war, where nasty dictators try to harm and destroy others I thank you all from my heart.

[@kims6888]

This man is so smart, brave and handsome. ❤💔 Thank God for these strong men.

[@claudiaperfetti7694]

An actual. First hand testimony of D day!!! Amazing testimony!! Great in all its parts!! Great heritage for us all.

[@fionablaikie6422]

He told his story so well. Very moving. ❤️😪

[@lcj8206]

Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you!

[@sambarlow825]

Some people try to say this didn’t happen!?! This man seen this with his own eyes! We must do better in memory of what’s these men who endured hell for our freedom!

[@sambarlow825]

Check out Curtis Whiteway interview

[@agnesmaloco2818]

of course mostly those who say it didnt happen are anti semites and hypocrites..sorry..

[@raff5184]

Loved his story, especially the ending

[@gopalreddy4671]

What is the name of the book he was referring to.Something like Plannet boro mid housen... . Please give me the name of the book.

[@mistspirals]

"Planet Dora: A Memoir Of The Holocaust And The Birth Of The Space Age" by Yves Beon. At least I believe this is the book he's referring to, as it has to do with the concentration camps of that specific region (Mittlebau-Dora, or Dora-Mittelbau is the main camp, and Nordhausen was a smaller sub-camp of it)

[@MsCValentiner]

Great interview!

[@norimahin6391]

Great interview.This should be edited though to take out the long pauses in between changing the tapes.

[@KhalDrogo76]

When it's all said and done, these will be the most important pieces of film Steven Speilberg was ever involved with.

[@theflaca]

Hear hear.

[@karenembury6467]

How do find more of this remarkable mans story?

[@christinebiada1292]

So far I found this. I haven’t finished his interview here yet. Maybe this will help. www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/ernest-james/amp/

[@Mike-01234]

32:00 He talks about the Americans who were sent to concentration camps right here in the US when WW2 started. American's who were born in America that happen to have Japanese parents or grandparents who immigrated to America many years before the war. They were sent to very much the same types of camps as Jewish people were sent to in Germany. The camps in the US didn't have the killing, or abuse they were very much the same basic wooded structures in the middle of the deserts. They had dirty rooms no bathrooms or running water no kitchens nothing. The camps which were called "Interment camps" were terrible. The property which the Japanese had left behind was taken from them.

[@genataylor460]

Many of the young Japanese-Americans were allowed to join the military and served honorably, mostly in the European theater. Some, later in the war also served in the Pacific theater after having served in the European theater. Their internment was definitely a stain on our nation's history.

[@claudiaperfetti7694]

So sorry. Didn't know that, not from the US.

[@dianayount2122]

their internment was terrible. To refer to them as "concentration" camps is not appropriate.

[@titasantiniE]

I only wish minorities who were also WW2 vets had been given free education and loans to by a home. Thank you Ernest for your service.

[@tashyole149]

This man is so, soo interesting! I can't imagine being able to see all these world war 2 sites after having fought in the war, I would have LOVED to have gone with him and seen everything he saw ....I love history so much and WW2 holds so much interest for me, I can't wait to travel and do a WW2 tour and see it all ❤️ I would have loved to have a cup of tea and a chat with this man ❤️ Nothing but love and respect to him and his family

[@karenembury6467]

Amazing guy

[@sashek8451]

As sad as the mass burials were, did anyone take record or lists of the arm tattoos so they could later be identified?

[@kidneymcsecrets8402]

The Interviewer was cute, but her frequent interruptions were irritating. Let him finish a train of thought, for cryin' out loud.

[@jodiutley7292]

Can they write them down & save their questions for after testimony as time after time, it derails their thoughts.

[@JaneDoe-ql7sc]

i wish she would not divert the interview subjects from their train of thought. Let them finish please!

[@claudiaperfetti7694]

Where is tape mine??

[@alonsosevilla2301]

The growth suddenly strap because cold temporarily collect since a lackadaisical badge. waggish, simple drum

[@chrismorgan2800]

Did they have to pay to look in the train?