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

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502411

Extent and Medium

folder

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

Document
Personal narratives.

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