Shoah: an eyewitness testimony

Identifier
irn502411
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.464
Dates
1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dr. Cynthia Geppert donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2000.

Scope and Content

Consists of the testimony, 9 pages, of John E. Pfeiffer, presented at a Yom Hashoah remembrance ceremony on May 2, 1997. Mr. Pfeiffer was a part of a reconnaissance squad that discovered Dachau on April 29, 1945. He describes his memories of the conditions there and how his experiences affected him in later life.

Genre

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