Bill Leftwich collection

Identifier: irn715741
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Contains the Sgt. Bill Leftwich story and one drawing relating to the liberation of the Landsberg camp. The story describes how the American Army broke the camp, Hurlach #4, near Landsberg on 28 April, 1945, and had liberated 2800 allied prisoners. The graphic, singed by Bill Leftwich and dated June, 1945, shows two camp prisoners with an American tank; and on the other site: one prisoner in a dark room.

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Bill Leftwich papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502271
- English
- 1945
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains a memoir by Sgt. Bill Leftwich in which he describes how the American Army broke into the camp Hurlach #4 near Landsberg on 28 April, 1945, and liberated 2,800 prisoners.
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn538171
- English
- 1945
- Updated 7 months ago

Bill Leftwich collection

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Bill Leftwich papers

Drawing