1981 International Liberators Conference collection Langenstein

Identifier
irn502646
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-09.005.26
Dates
1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502646

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Scope and Content

Contains the liberator testimony of Maeceille B. (Pless) Beem concerning the liberation of Langenstein, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp. Beem describes her work as a nurse with the 20th Field Hospital Unit attached to the 9th United States Army and the conditions of prisoners liberated from Langenstein.

People

  • Beem, Maeceille B. Pless.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
  • Nurses--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Military nursing--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Genre

  • Document
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