Julien D. Saks collection

Identifier
irn500580
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0040
  • RG-10.330
Dates
1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500580

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Julien D. Saks

Biographical History

Julien D. Saks was a Chemical Warfare Officer for the 12th Armored Division which captured eleven concentration camps satellite to the Dachau concentration camp. He was present at the liberation of Landsberg concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from Lucy-Jane Saks in Oct. 1994. She donated these materials after the death of her husband, Julien D. Saks.

Scope and Content

Contains a captioned replica of a portrait painted by Lucy-Jane W. Saks's husband, Julien D. Saks; testimonials from various publications relating to the death of Lucy-Jane W. Saks' husband and his participation in the liberation of a Kaufering group camp (perhaps Landsberg), a subcamp of Dachau; and five slides.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

  • Saks, Julien D.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
  • Slides.
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