Bill Leftwich papers
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received those papers from Sgt. Bill Leftwich on Sept. 1, 1999. Sgt. Leftwich was a Tank Commander, 1st Platoon. F Co., 92nd Cav. Recon. Sqd.,12th Armored Division. His Army had liberated at Landsberg 2800 allied prisoners from Russia, Belgium, Poland and others countries.
Scope and Content
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.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document
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