John Golec letter relating to the liberation of Dachau

Identifier
irn504200
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0264
  • RG-09.034
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504200

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In Sep 1994, Brynne Golec, John Golec's widow, donated a copy of the letter.

Scope and Content

Relates the conditions American soldiers found when they liberated Dachau, including: sanitary conditions inside the camp; starving camp inmates and incidents of cannibalism; sadistic camp guards; medical experiments involving inmates; the effect of the camp on the civilian population living near Dachau; and Golec's ideas to prevent Germany from waging war again.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sanitation.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
  • Human experimentation in medicine.
  • Soldiers' writings.
  • Holocaust survivors--Health and hygiene.
  • Cannibalism.

Genre

  • Document
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