William Shapiro collection

Identifier: irn535145
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn535145

Acquisition

Created by William J. Shapiro (donor's late husband) and donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Betty Shapiro.

Scope and Content

Memoir written by William J. (Bill) Shapiro (donor's husband); Speech given by William Shapiro about his experiences during WWII; VHS tape of presentation given by him at the U.S. State Department; Bill Shapiro was an American soldier who was captured as a POW and taken to Berga with 349 other Americans to perform slave labor.

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William J. Shapiro papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42766
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains a memoir written by William J. (Bill) Shapiro (donor's husband), who was captured as a POW and taken to Berga with 349 other Americans to perform slave labor. Also includes the text of a speech given by William Shapiro about his experiences during WWII.
Oral history interview with Mordecai Hauer, Gabriel Frankel, and William Shapiro
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44023
- English
- 1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 7 months ago

William Shapiro collection

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William J. Shapiro papers

Oral history interview with Mordecai Hauer, Gabriel Frankel, and William Shapiro