Erich Berges: Report re experiences in concentration camps

Identifier
WL1997
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 72284
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

The author, Erich Berger, was born in December 1899 in Schwelm, Westphalia. He lost his parents, wife and children in the war and had been in camps since 1938 without interruption. It is thought that he was a political prisoner and not Jewish.

Archival History

Clarence Bowman, husband of the donor, formerly in the 17th/ 21st Lancers, possibly involved in the liberation of the camps, came into possession of this manuscript

Acquisition

Typescript Buchenwald report 1945

Donated 03/2007

Donor: Elsie Bowman (via Carl White

Scope and Content

This report describes conditions in Buchenwald then Mauthausen for this former prisoner. The collection also includes a handwritten summary of the contents in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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