War Refugee Board report on Auschwitz
Extent and Medium
folder
1
2 microfiche,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The copy was made from the original in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration. The copy was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Rabbi Eugene Lipman through Linda Kuzmack.
Scope and Content
Consists of the November 1944 published report of the War Refugee Board which contains the testimony of two Slovak Jews and a non-Jewish Polish soldier. The report involves eyewitness testimony of conditions in Auschwitz and other concentration camps during their years of operation. Among the topics discussed are methods of killing, succession of identification numbers, and transports from various ghettos and Nazi camps.
People
- Vrba, Rudolf.
- Wetzler, Afred, 1918-1988.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. War Refugee Board
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Genre
- Document
- Reports.