Dr. Adolph Giesecke Oral History

Object number2010.001.0047

Date06/11/2010

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dr. Adolph Giesecke

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Adolph Giesecke. An anesthesiologist on the staff of Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963, Giesecke was briefly in Trauma Room One with President Kennedy before actively participating in the treatment of Governor John Connally. Giesecke was with the wounded governor throughout his surgery on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 11, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Dr. Adolph "Buddy" Giesecke passed away on December 24, 2011. - Stephen Fagin, Curator