Norman Fellman papers

Identifier
irn46858
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.398.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Norman and Ruth Fellman

Dog tags issued to and worn Norman Fellman during WWII. Papers acquired by Norman Fellman post-war. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Norman and Ruth Fellman.

Scope and Content

Collection of testimonies (written statements, in newsletters, and correspondence) from multiple American soldiers who were captured as Prisoners of War by the Germans during WWII and first sent to Stalag IXB in Bad Orb, Germany and then selected as part of a group of 350 American POWs who were sent to do forced labor at Berga, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes a document by Diane Kessler outlining her research process to identify soldiers sent to Berga who were members of the US Army’s 70th Infantry Division.

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