Stanley Sarnack letter

Identifier
irn84350
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.374.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Stanley Sarnack was a member of the 102nd Infantry Division of the Ninth Army, and witnessed the aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocities.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lt. Commander Andrew J. DeKever

Lt. Commander Andrew DeKever donated the Stanley Sarnack letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

The Stanley Sarnack letter consists of one handwritten letter from Stanley Sarnack, to Stella Wells of Utica, New York, dated May 2nd, 1945, and written from "somewhere in Germany." In the letter, Sarnack, a member of the 102th Infantry Division of the Ninth Army, mentions German atrocities he had witnessed, including a building where bodies were burned alive [likely the Gardelegen atrocities].

System of Arrangement

The Stanley Sarnack letter is arranged in a single series.

People

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.