Report on Inspection of German Concentration Camp at Buchenwald

Identifier
irn551380
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.451.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn551380

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lisa Kluting

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Lisa Kluting.

Scope and Content

Contains a mimeograph copy of a report, 5 pages, distributed by SHAEF, G-5 Division, entitled "Report on Inspection of German Concentration Camp at Buchenwald," dated April 25, 1945. Includes typed signature by Frank McSherry, Brigadier General, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5. Inspection report made by Eric Wood, Charles Ott and S.M. Dye. Physical inspection includes camp's mission ["extermination factory"], barracks, hospital, "body disposal" rations, attempted evacuation and "tattooing."

Corporate Bodies

Genre

  • Document
  • Reports.
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