Sandbostel - April 1945
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- R Barer
Biographical History
R. Barer was a captain in the British Army during World War II, and his unit helped liberate Sandbostel.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Gwen Barer gave a copy of R. Barer's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Feb. 1994.
Scope and Content
R. Barer's memoir describes: the steps taken to liberate Sandbostel; the concerns of British military medical personnel about the presence of typhus in the camp; the sanitary conditions inside the camp; the burial of the camp's dead; the difference in conditions between political prisoners and prisoners of war; the visit to the camp of German doctors and nurses; and Barer's ideas to prevent a reoccurrence of German atrocities by an education program.
People
- Barer, R.
Corporate Bodies
- Sandbostel (Concentration camp)
- Great Britain. Army
Subjects
- Sanitation.
- Burial.
- Soldiers' writings, English.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Political prisoners--Health and hygiene.
- Typhus fever.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
- Prisoners of war--Health and hygiene.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.
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