Robert Hess collection

Identifier: irn524158
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524158

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Robert Hess.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a signet ring, documents, and copy prints relating to the experiences of Robert Hess, a United States soldier present at the liberation of Dachau concentration camp.

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Robert Hess papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519020
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
Collection consists of copy prints and photocopies. Includes copies of a letter, diary and newspaper article concerning the liberation of Dachau, and copyprints of post-liberation Dachau.
SS insignia ring taken from a concentration camp guard by inmates to give to a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519021
- English
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Figner ring with the SS dual lightning bolt insignia given to Robert Hess by inmates at the recently liberated Dachau concentration camp. A group of former prisoners took the ring by cutting off the finger of an SS soldier in order to present it as a gift to Hess. Hess was a soldier with the United States 92nd Signal Battalion and was at Dachau around the time of its liberation.

Robert Hess collection

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Robert Hess papers

SS insignia ring taken from a concentration camp guard by inmates to give to a US soldier