"My Encounter with Eichmann"
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephen Shields
Mr. Stephen Shields donated this manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 4, 2009.
Scope and Content
Consists of a memoir,16 pages, entitled "My Encounter with Eichmann" by Stephen Shields, a member of the 71st Infantry Division of the United States Army. In the memoir, Mr. Shields describes his memory of a conversation he had with a German prisoner of war, whom he believes to have been Adolf Eichmann, and his memories of the liberation of the Gunskirchen concentration camp. The memoir also contains information about Eichmann's role in Budapest and the heroism of Raoul Wallenberg.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Stephen Shields
People
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Gunskirchen (Concentration camp)
Genre
- Personal Narratives.
- Document