Charles Keller papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Charles Keller
Biographical History
Charles Keller (1915-2008) was a career military man and served with the US Army in Europe during WWII.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mary Fran Archer
Mary Fran Archer donated the Charles Keller papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016. Mary Fran Archer is the daughter of Charles Keller.
Scope and Content
The Charles Keller papers include two photographs of Charles Keller and a Third United States Army memorandum quoting the orders of General George S. Patton directing members of the Army to bury victims of Nazi atrocities reverently. The photographs depict Keller in military uniform and one shows him with fellow soldiers stationed in Puerto Rico right before he was sent to Europe in about 1943..
System of Arrangement
The Charles Keller papers are arranged in a single file.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Mary Fran Archer
Subjects
- Burial.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document