Testimony of Nordhausen liberation

Identifier
irn502580
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1986.021
  • RG-09.010.01
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502580

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Otho Kime

Archival History

Presumably the possession of the Omaha, Nebraska, office of A Campaign to Remember

Acquisition

The testimony by Otho Kime is dated 24 Sept. 1986. The original was received at the Omaha, Neb., office of A Campaign to Remember. A copy of the letter was forwarded to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by Dr. Barbara Abramowitz of the Washington, D.C., office of A Campaign to Remember ca. Oct. 1986.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of a liberation testimony by Otho Kime written in the form of a letter on 24 September 1986. The brief testimony describes Kime's account of the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp and the activities of the Fourth US Armored Division in the area of Ohrdruf.

People

  • Kime, Otho.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.