Hugh Baumgardner letter

Identifier
irn514660
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.229.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514660

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Roland Theiler donated the Hugh Baumgardner letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.

Scope and Content

The Hugh Baumgardner letter is a six-page typed letter was written by Hugh Baumgardner [donor's sister's father-in-law] describing his visit to the Dachau concentration camp following its liberation in the spring 1945.

System of Arrangement

The Hugh Baumgardner letter is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Baumgardner, Hugh.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Soldiers--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Munich (Germany)
  • Germany.
  • United States. Army.

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.