Louis Cavagnaro papers
Extent and Medium
boxes
3
Creator(s)
- Louis Cavagnaro
Biographical History
Louis Arthur (Art) Cavagnaro was born in 1926 and served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After retiring from the military, he worked in private security and in the Secret Service. In 1999 he published a fictional work about World War II in the Pacific.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from Louis Cavagnaro
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Louis Cavagnaro donated the Louis Cavagnaro papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The Louis Cavagnaro papers consist of correspondence and subject files and lists compiled by Cavagnaro while preparing his unfinished book, "Inside the Gates of Hell." Cavagnaro’s project was to collect survivor, liberator, and witness testimony to document the experiences of non-Jewish victims of the Nazi concentration camp system. Correspondence and subject files include correspondence, research materials, clippings, personal narratives, and drafts of book chapters. Lists include concentration camps, survivors, liberators, organizations, glossaries, and indexes.
System of Arrangement
The Louis Cavagnaro papers are arranged as a three series: I. Correspondence, 1991-1999, II. Subject files, 1992-1996, III. Lists, 1990s
People
- Louis Cavagnaro
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
Genre
- Document