Golden book and other Forty-Second US Rainbow Division memorabilia from the Rainbow Division archives

Identifier

irn503661

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1988.101
RG-09.003.01

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English
French

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503661

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

Rainbow Division Veterans Association

Acquisition

A copy of the "Golden book" was presented to veterans of the Forty-Second U.S. Infantry ("Rainbow") Division by Colonel Xardez, a representative of the Belgian king, in Brussels, Belgium, in 1958. Copies of this book along with other Rainbow Division memorabilia were donated to USHMMA by the Rainbow Division Veterans Association Archives in 1988.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the involvement of the 42nd US Infantry ("Rainbow") Division in the liberation of Dachau and the memorialization of Belgian political prisoners who died there. Included are excerpt pages from the "Golden Book" containing the signatures of several Dachau survivors.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

Blanton, Robert.

Corporate Bodies

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 42nd
Dachau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

United States
Political prisoners.
Belgium.
Holocaust memorials.
Veterans -- Associations, institutions, etc.
Holocaust survivors.
Concentration camps.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

Document

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