Testimony relating to the execution of Jews

Identifier
irn500911
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0851
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500911

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Klaus J. Hermann

Scope and Content

Testimony, in form of one handwritten fragmentary letter, dated 1995, from a man who said he had just shared a hospital room with someone who would be a "first class witness for your Holo-Institute." He recounts the experiences of the man, Hermann Knoch, who served in the army on the Eastern Front and was witness to mass shootings of Jewish civilians.

People

  • Sontag, Erich H.

Genre

  • Document
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