Colonel John Hinkel collection

Identifier
irn516900
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.265
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516900

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Chris Hinkel donated his father's documents to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 23, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of three documents from the collection of Colonel John Hinkel, a paratrooper who fought in the Italian campaign during World War II. Included are a military identification card, a small pamphlet instructing American soldiers on relations with German citizens, and a visitor's pass to the Dachau concentration camp for 15 July 1945. Colonel (then Major) Hinkel escorted Father Edmund Walsh, a Jesuit consultant to Justice Robert Jackson, on his tour of the camp.

Genre

  • Document
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