Irvin Boring testimony

Identifier
irn80124
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.288.1
Dates
1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2013
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn80124

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Irvin Boring

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irvin Boring

Irvin Boring donated this testimony to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of two essays (2 pages and 5 pages) written by Irvin Boring, a scout with the 26th Infantry Division, describing his experiences discovering and liberating a small concentration camp for women in the area of Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg, Germany, and his experiences discovering the site of a mass grave, possibly the victims who could not continue during a death march.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Irvin Boring

People

  • Boring, Irvin.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th

Subjects

  • Sonnenberg (Wiesbaden, Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
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