Jack O. Horton letter describing liberation of slave laborers near Barth, Germany
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Creator(s)
- Jack O. Horton
Biographical History
Jack O. Horton was a Second Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. After 15 months as a POW at Stalag Luft 1, he was liberated and sent to the German airport at Barth, Germany. At Barth, he witnessed Jews who had served as slave laborers
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jack O. Horton compiled this account, written in the form of a letter, dated 21 Aug. 1990. It contains his recollections of the situation of the Jews liberated at a German airport near Barth, Germany. Horton submitted the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives shortly after writing it.
Scope and Content
The letter was written by Jack O. Horton in 1990 and contains his recollections about the liberation of Jewish slave laborers at a German airport near Barth, Germany.
People
- Horton, Jack O.
Corporate Bodies
- Stalag Luft I
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Forced labor--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Prisoners of war--Germany.
- Barth (Germany : Concentration camp)
- Americans.
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document