Irwin B. Zeisel's recollections of his experiences in the United States Army in Germany
Extent and Medium
1 item,
Creator(s)
- Irwin B. Zeisel
Biographical History
Irwin B. Zeisel, a Staff Sergeant in the 304th Medical Detachment, 76th Infantry Division, United States Army, in the European Theater during World War II, was a witness to conditions in several concentration and displaced persons camps in Germany.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Jan Zeisel, Irwin B. Zeisel's widow, sent the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Oct. 1996.
Scope and Content
Contains a photocopy of the typewritten recollections of Irwin B. Zeisel, a United States Army Staff Sergeant in the 304th Medical Detachment, 76th Infantry Division, during World War II. He describes conditions he witnessed in Buchenwald and other unnamed concentration camps and unnamed displaced persons camps in Germany. Handwritten editorial corrections are included.
People
- Zeisel, Irwin. B.
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 76th
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Refugee camps--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
- Refugees--Germany.
Genre
- Document