Joseph G. Fogg letter and obituary

Identifier
irn504272
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0135
  • RG-09.039
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1992
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504272

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Joseph G. Fogg

Biographical History

Joseph G. Fogg (Cleveland, Oh., 1920 - Moreland Hills, 1992) was as a volunteer ambulance driver for an American Field Service unit attached to the 8th British Army, and served from 1942 to 1945. He witnessed Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after liberation

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Daniel T. Fogg donated the materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1994.

Scope and Content

Contains a copy of a April 30, 1945 letter by Joseph G. Fogg to his parents describing what he saw at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp the week after liberation including health conditions of and care given to the camp's surviving inmates, the camp's sanitary conditions, and the fate of some of the camp's SS guards. Also contains a photocopy of an obituary for Joseph G. Fogg, from the April 4, 1992, issue of "The Plain Dealer." The obituary provides additional information about Fogg's military experiences, interests, and family life.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sanitation.
  • Typhus fever.
  • Starvation.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Medical care.
  • Holocaust survivors--Health and hygiene.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.