Judge Royce S. Weisenberger collection

Identifier
irn543331
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.2
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

oversize folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Major Weisenberger was the Chief of the Military Government Section of the Sixth Armored Division when the Division took over Buchenwald.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Royce S. Weisenberger

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Judge Royce S. Weisenberger, Sr. donated the Judge Royce S. Weisenberger collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.

Scope and Content

The Judge Royce S. Weisenberger collection consists of photographs of men, women, and children being loaded into a train at Buchenwald concentration camp, June 1945; newspaper clippings regarding liberation and the arrest of Dr. Robert Karl Neuman; and a three-page testimony written by Major Royce S. Weisenberger on the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp and its conditions.

System of Arrangement

The Judge Royce S. Weisenberger collection is arranged in a single series.

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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.