George Aigen, World War II Veteran Presentation [YouTube]
Dates
- 2015-03
Summary
George Aigen, World War II Veteran Presentation documents a 2015 lecture delivered by Cpl. George Aigen—a Brooklyn-born U.S. Army veteran of Company B, 1269th Combat Engineer Battalion and member of the 44th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade—at the Valdosta High Performing Arts Center. In the presentation, Aigen offers a personal narrative of his wartime service (1944–1946), including participation in the liberation of Nazi concentration camps such as Dachau, and recounts episodes from his frontline and post-liberation experiences . Originally recorded for inclusion in the Veterans History Project (AFCX/2001/001/95454) and later published on YouTube, this video complements the George and Joyce Aigen archival collection housed in the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. The recording preserves firsthand oral testimony, situating Aigen’s recollections within broader historical frameworks of combat engineering, anti-aircraft operations, liberation narratives, and the Holocaust.
Extent
738.39 Megabytes (1 video file (avi, mp4). 738.39 MB 774,252,850 bytes.) : H264 29.97 fps. ; 640x356
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)
archives@valdosta.edu