German Extermination Camps - Auschwitz and Birkenau

Identifier
irn42456
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.444.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42456

Extent and Medium

box

1

Creator(s)

  • Rudolf Vrba

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Matthew A. Seibel

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Dr. Matthew Seibel in 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains a copy of a report entitled "German Extermination Camps - Auschwitz and Birkenau" written by escapees from the camp (unnamed in the report, later identified as Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler) in April 1944. The report was distributed in the United States by the War Refugee Board in November 1944.

People

  • Vrba, Rudolf.
  • Wetzler, Afred, 1918-1988.

Corporate Bodies

Genre

  • Reports.
  • Document
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