Edwin Allan diary and photographs
Extent and Medium
folder
book enclosure
2
1
Creator(s)
- Edwin Allan
Biographical History
Edwin Allan (1918-circa 2004) was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on November 17, 1918. Allen was captured during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk in 1940. He was taken to Stalag IX-C in 1940 and was liberated by United States troops in 1945. Edwin eventually immigrated to the United States and had a daughter, Heather.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Heather Allan In memory of her father, Edwin Allan
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
The Edwin Allan diary and photographs was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Heather Allan, daughter of Edwin Allan.
Scope and Content
The collection includes a diary kept by Edwin Allan after he was captured during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk in 1940. The diary documents his experiences starting in January 1942 as a prisoner of war in Stalag IX-C. Other POWs, including members of the Jewish Brigade, added their names, address, and sometimes a messages to the diary. Next to some names there are dates of their death written by Edwin. The collection also includes photographs depicting the British POWs in Stalag IX-C, including Allen.
System of Arrangement
The Edwin Allan diary and photographs are arranged as a single series: BE 1: Diary, 1942-1944 Folder 1: Diary, 1942-1944 Folder 2: Photographs, 1940s
People
- Allan, Edwin, 1918-2004.
Corporate Bodies
- Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force
- M-Stammlager IX C
Subjects
- World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Prisoners and prisons, British.
- Dunkerque (France)
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Diaries.
- Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940.
Genre
- Diaries.
- Document
- Photographs.