Amiel Blaiss collection

Identifier
irn593650
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.577.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn593650

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Amiel Blaiss

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by the family of Amiel Blaiss, via his son Sam Blaiss.

Scope and Content

Contains two telegrams sent to Mrs. Minnie Blaiss (donor's mother) regarding her husband, Pvt. Amiel Blaiss (donor's father), and his return to the United States after his liberation. Amiel Blaiss was one of 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB in Bad Orb, Germany and sent to perform forced labor at Berga, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Corporate Bodies

  • Berga (Concentration camp)

Genre

  • Document
  • Telegrams.
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