Holocaust Ohrdruf

Identifier
irn504276
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0233
  • RG-09.043
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504276

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Edward S. Olson

Biographical History

Edward S. Olson (b. Scarsdale, New York) served in the United States Army as Company Commander of H Company, 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division during World War II.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Edward S. Olson donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 1994.

Scope and Content

Contians a four-page memoir describing Edward Olson's recollections of discovering and investigating the Ohrdruf concentration camp during liberation.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Soldiers' writings.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.