American serviceman papers

Identifier
irn516577
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.161
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516577

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Anonymous

The papers were donated anonymously to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

The papers belonged to a unknown United States serviceman and include forty-eight photographs depicting wartime Europe and liberated concentration camps, an envelope, a set of souvenir postcards from Liverpool, England, and a business card from the Taverne Savoy in Brussels, Belgium.

Subjects

  • Soldiers--American--Europe--1940-1950.
  • Mass burials--Europe--1940-1950.
  • War damage--Europe--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners--Europe--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Dead persons--Europe--1940-1950.
  • Military life--American--Europe--1940-1950.

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.