Herbert John Placey family papers

Identifier
irn500160
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0453
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500160

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Jo Ann Titak

Scope and Content

Materials collected by Hubert Plecinski, corporal, U.S. Army, during his time in Luxembourg and Czechoslovakia at close of WWII. Includes postcards to his wife/girlfriend, mimeographed list of servicemen awarded Bronze Star in July 1945 (including Plecinski), issue of "Yank" magazine from April 1945, brochure advertising book for BDM ("Maedel in aller Welt"), postcards from unknown German soldiers.

Genre

  • Document
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