"My Impressions of Belsen Concentration Camp"

Identifier
irn521798
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.155
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521798

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dennis Thayer donated this document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Apr. 13, 2004. His aunt, Mercedes Morton gave him the letter, which she had received from a soldier (possibly Mr. Rutan) after World War II, while she was employed at the Rossford (Ohio) Army Ordinance.

Scope and Content

Consists of document, seven pages, entitled "My Impressions of Belsen Concentration Camp," by Robert M. Rutan. Mr. Rutan visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on May 2, 1945, shortly after liberation of the camp, while traveling toward the Baltic Sea with the 7th Armored Division. He describes the experience of a visitor to the camp and what he witnessed there.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.