1981 International Liberators Conference collection Wöbbelin

Identifier
irn502667
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-09.005.37
Dates
1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502667

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Scope and Content

Contains information about the liberation of Wöbbelin concentration camp. Includes information about activities of the 8th US Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division in Europe and their participation in the liberation of the camp, the gas chambers and crematoria in the camp, and the public burial of victims from the camp in nearby in Hagenow, Germany.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Infantry Division, 8th
  • United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd
  • United States. Army. Medical Corps
  • United States. Army. Infantry Division, 65th
  • Wöbbelin (Concentration camp)
  • Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
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