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    Harry Glenchur oral history interview

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    This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Harry Glenchur. Glenchur was a private first class in the 89th Infantry Division, which liberated Ohrdruf, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, on April 4, 1945. While on campaign through the Rhineland, his unit was billeted in the town of Ohrdruf. Glenchur and his comrades went through the concentration camp, witnessing the barracks and the crematorium. Since he spoke a little German Glenchur was occasionally used as an interpreter, and he took the battalion commander through the camp. In this interview, he describes his reactions to the camp and the inmates and recounts some of his other wartime experiences

    Harry Glenchur oral history interview

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    This is an oral history interview with Holocaust concentration camp liberator Harry Glenchur. Glenchur was a private first class in the 89th Infantry Division, which liberated Ohrdruf, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, on April 4, 1945. While on campaign through the Rhineland, his unit was billeted in the town of Ohrdruf. Glenchur and his comrades went through the concentration camp, witnessing the barracks and the crematorium. Since he spoke a little German Glenchur was occasionally used as an interpreter, and he took the battalion commander through the camp. In this interview, he describes his reactions to the camp and the inmates and recounts some of his other wartime experiences

    Source Disclosure in Public Figure Defamation Actions: Towards Greater First Amendment Protection

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    Judicial orders requiring journalists to disclose the identities of confidential sources in public figure defamation actions create a conflict between the evidentiary needs of a defamation plaintiff and the first amendment interest in the free flow of news. This Comment discusses the constitutional dimensions of the source disclosure issue and the potential chilling effect of disclosure orders on the exercise of first amendment freedoms. Following an examination of recent judicial efforts to address the source disclosure issue, the Comment recommends that there be greater protection for the constitutional interests in nondisclosure. The Comment concludes that this protection can be achieved through the adoption of standards requiring a public figure plaintiff to provide substantial evidence of both actual injury and success on the merits of the claim before disclosure can be ordered
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