Fred Stern collection

Identifier
irn560517
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.275.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Fred Stern served as a Private in the 327th Engineer Combat Battalion, 102nd Infantry Division.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ronnie Field

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

Ronnie Field donated the Fred Stern collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. Ronnie Field is the niece of Fred Stern and daughter of Mollie Bruh Stern.

Scope and Content

The Fred Stern collection consists of one letter (V-mail) and one photograph pertaining Pvt. Fred Stern's service with the 327th Engineer Combat Battalion, 102nd Infantry Division. The letter was sent to his sister Mollie Bruh (née Stern) in May 1945. The letter relates the German atrocities witnessed by Stern, specifically the Gardelegen Massacre and its aftermath. The photograph depicts the corpses of Dachau concentration camp victims.

System of Arrangement

The Fred Stern collection is arranged in a single series.

People

Subjects

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.