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Former WWII soldier is on a mission to share his experiences
Larry Tillman a soldier in the Second World War is on a mission to pass on his experiences to the next generations. A resident of St. Michael, Mr. Tillman is active in his community and neighboring areas as a holocaust lecturer at various schools, organizations and colleges. “I am alarmed and disturbed about the rising numbers of people who doubt the Holocaust happened and the war crime trials were unfair. We cannot let this go on without a challenge and show all the proof” states Tillman.
Larry Tillman was a typist with the Third Army in Munich, Germany (1945-1946). He could type 40 words per minute and so he was assigned to type the transcripts of from the Nuremburg trials and the Dachau Tribunal. In the period of 218 days, there were over 350 witnesses, Tillman and others typed over 200,000 affidavits.
His mission of communicating his experience is propelled with a sense of urgency. “There were some 1,000 army personnel assigned to duty for the Nuremburg trial and that was some 60 years ago. I only know of one soldier that is still alive. Soon there will be no one left (alive) to give first-hand account and tell the story” Tillman said.
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