Col. Seibel was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to command a concentration camp after liberation. He stayed to restore order to Mauthausen (Austria), rescuing 18,000 persons interned there. This tape has graphic images and could be disturbing.
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington uses an audio clip from this tape in the elevators that all visitors use at the beginning of the tour.
19 minutes
For member schools, the tapes are available through Southern Ohio Instructional Technology Assn. SOITA
150 E. Sixth St.
Franklin, OH 45005
phone: 513-746-6333
fax: 513-746-1029
web: www.soita.esu.k12.oh.us
Or call the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton and ask for information on "Faces of the Holocaust" Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton (937) 854-4150