Clarence M. Sullivan, Jr. collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Victoria P. Sullivan
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Victoria P. Sullivan.
Scope and Content
Collection of 12 photographic prints documenting the Dachau concentration camp immediately following liberation. Images include photos of the Dachau death train and other scenes found in the camp; dated April-May 1945. Collection also contains one newspaper clipping from "The Field Dispatch" published for the 20th Armored Division, dated 29 May 1945, and containing an article lauding the 27th Tank Battalion for their recent performance; and a roster of the 27th Tank Battalion of the 20th Armored Division. Materials were brought home from the war by Clarence M. Sullivan, Jr., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (donor’s husband), who served in this unit of the US Army.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 20th
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Genre
- Document