While serving in the 14th Armored Division of the United States Army in 1945 Germany, Anton Bild was selected to work as an interpreter for the Judge Advocate General, due to his knowledge of the German language. Less than a month into his assignment, Bild and his team were sent to investigate the recently liberated Dachau Concentration Camp, near Munich, Germany, where he witnessed the death and destruction which resulted from the Holocaust. After World War II concluded, he investigated Nazi German war crimes, including the operations of slave labor camps, and mass murder through euthanasia. His wartime and immediate postwar work remained dormant until 1981, when he encountered a Neo-Nazi on the streets of Milwaukee. After some encouragement from his wife, Bild realized that he could no longer remain silent. From this moment, he made it his life goal to bear witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust, combating Holocaust denial, and honoring its victims.
Road to the Judge Advocate General (0:00)
Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation (4:44)
Nazi German War Criminals (10:45)
The Processes of Investigation (14:30)
Slave Labor Camps and Aktion T4 Investigations (16:55)
Ordinary Germans (22:20)
Neo-Nazis in the United States (25:05)
Making Testimony Public (27:16)
Testimony Combating Holocaust Denial (33:48)
Working through Trauma (35:29)
