A letter in honor of deceased American GI who experienced atrocities at Buchenwald
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Creator(s)
- Franklin P. Shaw
Biographical History
Franklin P. Shaw (1920-2003) was born in Covington, KY, served in the Army during World War II, and was wounded on Utah Beach. He was working for a Military Intelligence Interrogation team under William Malsh when General Patton arranged for citizens of Weimar to visit the recently liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Franklin P. Shaw donated the letter in honor of deceased American GI who experienced atrocities at Buchenwald to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1994.
Scope and Content
Contains a typescript copy of a letter in the form of a memoir written by Franklin P. Shaw in honor of William Malsh's contribution to the liberation of Buchenwald. Shaw explains that Lieutenant William R. Malsh commanded a Military Intelligence Interrogation team that was ordered to Buchenwald on April 12, 1945. On General Patton’s orders, Malsh instructed the mayor of Weimar to arrange for one thousand Weimar citizens to visit the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp, and Shaw describes the reactions of the German visitors to the scenes at Buchenwald.
People
- Malsh, William.
- Shaw, Franklin P.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Personal narratives.
- Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Concentration camps--Germany--Public opinion.
Genre
- Testimonies.
- Document