Nelson Akagi collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nelson Akagi
Dr. Nelson Akagi donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 14, 2010. Dr. Akagi was honored at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's 2010 Days of Remembrance commemoration.
Scope and Content
Consists of photocopies of an album compiled by Nelson Akagi, a Japanese-American member of the 442nd combat regiment of the 552nd Field Artillery, who participated in the liberation of the survivors of a death march near the Dachau concentration camp. The album includes Dr. Akagi's handwritten memories and information regarding Larry Lubetzky, a Lithuanian Jew who was liberated and then employed by the regiment as a translator. In 1994, Dr. Akagi reunited with Mr. Lubetzky, and the folder includes Mr. Lubetzky's memories of his experiences and documentation regarding their 1990s reunion.
People
- Akagi, Nelson.
- Lubetzky, Larry.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
- Japanese American soldiers--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Genre
- Document