Records relating to post-liberation Buchenwald and Dachau
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Jeffry Weiler
Biographical History
Kurt Weiler was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States as a teenager in 1938. He later became a citizen, joined the United States Army, and served during World War II.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Jeffry Weiler donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in1993.
Scope and Content
The collection contains an undated inspection report of a VIP tour of Buchenwald (circa April 1945); an essay concerning the liberation of Dachau written by Tec. 3 James W. Creasman, member of the 42nd Infantry Division; and a typed note from Kurt Weiler to his wife concerning the safe keeping of these documents.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
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