Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 82
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Marcello:
Cronin:
Marcello:Cronin
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Awhile ago you very briefly mentioned a Jewish flyer
or a couple of Jewish fliers. What sort of treatment
did they get in this prison camp?
The Germans were very conscious of your last name, and
I don't even remember this fellow's name. Anyway, they
asked him to put his belongings together and they took
him out of the room where we lived. Now I know they did
not kill him because we saw him later on, but they took
him out, and I guess they put him with other Jewish
people. The Germans thought, I guess, that they would
contaminate us or something. But anyway, they were very
conscious of whether you were Jewish or not. I don't
know whatever happened to this colored boy. I think he
wound up in our camp. I can't remember what happened
now, but that was a great guy. And this Jewish fellow
was a wonderful fellow, too. We all felt so sorry for
him, but there wasn't a hell of a lot we could do at the
time.
Several former prisoners have commented that if one
commits a criminal act and is caught and is sentenced
to prison, he knows when he's going to get out. In
other words, if he's sentenced for three years, he knows
he's going to get out in three years, or maybe in less
time for good behavior. But on the other hand when one
is a prisoner-of-war he doesn't really know when he's
going to get out. It might be a month, might be a year,
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R. Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972, book, February 1, 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529237/m1/84/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.