Diary of Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tom Macklin
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
Tom Macklin donated the diary of an Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
Scope and Content
The diary was written by a unknown Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front between 23 September 1941 and 27 December 1941. In the diary the soldier provides very detailed descriptions of daily life and his experiences. On 23 September 1941 he describes witnessing Jews march down the road wearing yellow stars and on 30 September 1941 he describes arriving at an unidentified town where Jews had recently been hanged for supposedly burning a bridge. The diary includes French vocabulary practice and some brief entries in shorthand.
System of Arrangement
The diary of Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front was arranged as a single series. Folder 1: Diary, 1941
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front--Personal narratives.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Soldiers' writings, German.
Genre
- Document
- Diaries.