1981 International Liberators Conference collection Eselheide/Bielefeld

Identifier
irn502610
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-09.005.11
Dates
1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502610

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Scope and Content

Contains a liberator testimony and questionnaire completed by George J. Karl concerning the liberation of a prison camp at Eselheide, Germany, near Bielefeld. The testimony describes the surrender of a prison camp holding approximately 9,000 soldiers and Germans to a tank company of the 2nd US Armored Division under the leadership of George Karl.

People

  • Karl, George J.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Armored Division, 2nd

Subjects

  • Prisons
  • Bielefeld (Germany)
  • Germany
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

  • Memoirs.
  • Document
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