Irwin B. Zeisel's recollections of his experiences in the United States Army in Germany

Identifier
irn506482
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0582
  • RG-09.045
Dates
1 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1983
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506482

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

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Refugees--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
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