"Report on inspection of German concentration camp at Buckenwald"

Identifier
irn514887
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.243
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514887

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Kathryn Doherty donated this document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Apr. 20, 2004. She found the document in the papers of her late grandfather, Frances L. Brennan, who was a member of the 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Batallion in Europe during World War II. The 569th AAA batallion (1943-1946) participated in the Battle of the Bulge and, at the end of the war, was in Innsbruck, Austria.

Scope and Content

Consists of one document, 5 pages, entitled, "Report on Inspection of German Concentration Camp at Buckenwald" [sic] by Brig. Gen. Eric F. Wood, Lt. Col. Chas H. Ott, and CWO S.M. Dye on April 16, 1945. The document describes the history of the camp, the then-current makeup of prisoners and the health issues they faced, and a summary of the daily activities of the Buchenwald concentration camp under the Nazis.

Corporate Bodies

Genre

  • Document
  • Reports.
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