Lt. Col. George R. Snyder papers
Extent and Medium
box
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Creator(s)
- George R. Snyder
Biographical History
George Raymond Snyder (b. 1910) was born on 30 August 1910 in Liberty, Pennsylvania. He served in World War II with the 1126th Engineering Combat Group and the 1348th Engineering Construction Group, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was married to Georgia Elizabeth Wiggins (c.1908-c.1971).
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James L. Snyder
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James L. Snyder
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by James L. Snyder in 2012. An accretion was donated in 2018. The collections previously numbered 2012.391.1 and 2018.64.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
Scope and Content
The collection primarily consists of postwar photographs taken between 1945 and 1947 by Lt. Col. George R. Snyder documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, Landsberg prison, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Subjects include the Camp New Orleans, German and Polish POWs, refugees, landscapes, and destroyed buildings and towns. Also included is his passport and letters from George to his mother Louise Snyder, his son James, and his wife.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as three series. Series 1. Biographical material, 1947; Series 2. Correspondence, 1944-1945; Series 3. Photographs, 1945-1947
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Dr. James L. Snyder
People
- Snyder, George R.
- George R. Snyder
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army
- War Criminal Prison No. 1 (Landsberg am Lech, Germany)
Subjects
- Dijon (France)
- Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Versailles (France)
- Paris (France)
- Reims (France)
- Heidelberg (Germany)
- Austria.
- Chiemsee (Germany)
- Prisoners of war--Germany.
- Lyon (France)
- Munich (Germany)
- Würzburg (Germany)
- Soldiers--American--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Rhine River.
- Marseille (France)
- Fontainebleau (France)
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
- Prisoners of war--Poland.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
- Correspondence.