Carrol Walsh letter

Identifier
irn38385
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.337
  • RG-09.082
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carrol Walsh and Stephen Barry

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Carrol Walsh and Stephen Barry donated the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 9, 2009.

Scope and Content

The Carrol Walsh letter was written by World War II veteran and liberator Carrol Walsh to Holocaust survivor Stephen Barry on April 10, 2008. Walsh, who liberated Barry from a train on the outskirts of Magdeburg, Germany, on April 13, 1945, writes about their friendship. Walsh also describes how unworthy he feels when survivors express their gratitude to him. He believes that the liberating soldiers were doing what they were morally obligated to do.

System of Arrangement

The Carrol Walsh letter is arranged in a single series.

People

Subjects

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