Records relating to Wöbbelin concentration camp

Identifier
irn502903
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.A.0095
  • RG-04.002.01
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502903

Extent and Medium

folder

1

,

2 microfiche,

Archival History

Mr. Henry Tovey

Acquisition

The materials were collected during and after World War II by Henry Tovey.

Scope and Content

Includes articles concerning the role of the 8th U.S. Infantry Division and the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division in the liberation of Wöbbelin concentration camp. Also included is information concerning the surrender of the 21st German Army at Tippelskirch castle near Ludwigslust, Germany. Other materials include program booklets of a Holocaust memorial service and the 1988 United States Holocaust Memorial Council Days of Remembrance ceremony in Washington, D.C.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Tovey, Henry.
  • Dencsy, Zoltan.

Corporate Bodies

  • Germany. Heer Armee, 21
  • United States. Army. Infantry Division, 8th
  • Wöbbelin (Concentration camp)
  • Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡
  • United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd
  • Hagenow (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Jews--Hungary.
  • Holocaust memorials.
  • Ludwigslust (Germany : Landkreis)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Cemeteries.
  • Burial.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Genre

  • Document
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