Alvin J. Schoenhals letter

Identifier
irn501698
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0261
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Alvin J. Schoenhals

Scope and Content

Contains a letter, five pages, written by United States Army Sgt. Alvin J. Schoenhals to his family describing what he saw when he visited the recently-liberated Buchenwald concentration camp on June 14, 1945.

Genre

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