Edward E. Harriman report

Identifier

irn37747

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2009.247.1

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37747

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Karen Szachnitowski

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Karen Szachnitowski.

Scope and Content

Contains a report written by Edward E. Harriman (donor’s paternal uncle by marriage) after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, accompanied by pasted-in photographs, describing the conditions in the camp. The report was released by the military censor on June 14, 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Dachau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

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

Genre

Reports.
Document

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