Elmer Jesse Fisher papers

Identifier
irn553952
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.425.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn553952

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephanie Snyder

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Stephanie Snyder, granddaughter of Elmer Fisher.

Scope and Content

Contains a multi-paged report titled "We Saw Dachau" (V. 1 No. 6) dated "Mon. 14 May 1945." Report written by numerous soldiers, but primarily by Elmer J. Fisher (donor's grandfather). Signed by him, upper left corner of cover. Includes three photographs of post-liberation of trains with corpses, taken near the Dachau camp, dated May 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

  • Document
  • Reports.
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