Edmond Phillips collection

Identifier
irn37087
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.186
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37087

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Douglas Phillips

Douglas Phillips donated his father's letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 31, 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of one letter, 9 pages, written by Edmond Phillips on June 12, 1945, describing his experiences touring the Mauthausen concentration camp. In the letter, he quotes excerpts from the confession of an unnamed SS officer, likely Commandant Franz Ziereis.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Austria.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.