Dr. Carl W. Bordas Collection

Identifier: irn596708
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn596708

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Linda Nance, on behalf of the family of Carl Bordas.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs, postcards, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence from former prisoners at Ebensee concentration camp, U.S. army documents, and a Nazi banner relating to the experiences of Dr. Carl W. Bordas in Austria and the United States during and after World War II.

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Large Nazi National War Flag acquired by a US Army concentration camp liberator
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn599207
- English
- overall: Height: 75.625 inches (192.088 cm) | Width: 124.750 inches (316.865 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi War banner flown at Ebensee concentration camp in Austria and acquired by Dr. Carl Bordas while he was stationed there from May 9 through July 1945. In July 1944, Carl was drafted into the U.S. military as a private, receiving serial number 33768784. On March 23, 1945 Carl was sent to Europe, where he served as a surgical technician with the 139th Evacuation Hospital in the United States Army Medical Corps. On May 6, the Ebensee concentration camp was liberated by the 80th Infantry Division and the 139th Medical Corps were sent to administer care to the prisoners. Carl arrived at the c...
Dr. Carl W. Bordas papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn599211
- English
- folders oversize folder 3 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains photographs; postcards; newspaper and magazine clippings; correspondence from former prisoner at Ebensee; US Army discharge papers; and a US Army inventory of captured enemy military equipment, all collected during the military service of Carl W. Bordas in the 139th Evacuation Hospital in the US Army medical corps while stationed at Ebensee after liberation.

Dr. Carl W. Bordas Collection

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Large Nazi National War Flag acquired by a US Army concentration camp liberator

Dr. Carl W. Bordas papers