Sidney Bruskin collection

Identifier: irn77380
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77380

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Sydney Bruskin. An accretion was received later in 1993.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a sign relating to the experiences of Sidney Bruskin as a soldier in the United States Army in Germany during World War II. Also includes a photograph and document. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Memorandum
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516269
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 6 months ago
The memorandum is marked "Secret" and was issued by the Counter Intelligence Corps of the United States Army. It lists regulations of a mission in Altaussee, Austria, to protect art treasures, continue steps to administer area and arrest those who come within scope of CIC, and recover property.
Text only sign found at Ebensee concentration camp crematorium by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8121
- English
- overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Sign found by Sidney Bruskin, an American soldier, at the liberation at Ebensee concentration camp. The sign was removed from above an oven door inside the crematorium. The text is an epitaph expressing a wish for cremation. Bruskin served with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps.
Ebensee liberation photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8122
- English
- 1 Photographic negative,
- Updated 6 months ago
Contains a picture taken by Sydney Bruskin, an American soldier with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps, at the liberation of the Ebensee Concentration Camp. The person in the background of the image is a liberator.

Sidney Bruskin collection

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Memorandum

Text only sign found at Ebensee concentration camp crematorium by an American soldier

Ebensee liberation photograph