"Tom" letter about tour of Germany

Identifier
irn530698
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.257.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn530698

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Su Neuhauser

Su Neuhauser donated this letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in December 2015. She received a copy from a friend named Robbie, who was related to the author.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photocopy of a letter written by an American soldier named Tom, a member of the 7th Army, on May 5, 1945. In the letter, he describes a trip to Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Munich, and to the Dachau concentration camp, where he saw the Dachau death train and witnessed the visit of American congressmen to the camp.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Personal narratives, American.

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.