Bill Polson collection

Identifier
irn500633
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0511
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500633

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lawrence Bergeson

Lawrence Bergeson donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 1995.

Scope and Content

Consists of two letters (one handwritten on the back of a mimeographed letter) written by Sgt. Bill Polson about what he witnessed at Dachau, and six photographs of scenes of atrocities at Dachau taken by Sgt. Polson.

People

  • Polson, William A.
  • Bergeson, Harry.

Subjects

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

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.