Box removed postwar from Gusen concentration camp in Austria
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Depth: 7.990 inches (20.295 cm)
Creator(s)
- Cecil Welch (Subject)
Archival History
The box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ron Paul for the Welch Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Paul
Scope and Content
Retreived by Cecil Welch, 1945, Gusen concentration camp.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular open box; type and hand-written note stapled to one side.
type and hand-written note stapled to box reading " [typed] "I certify that the inclosed [sic] articles are a bona fide gift [paper cut]/at less than 50 dollars from a member of the Armes Forces of [paper cut]/United States on duty outside the continental limits of the u[paper cut]/States and under Public Law 790 are entitled to free entry. [end type]...[hand-inscribed]/Contains gifts to me from liberated inmates of Gusen/concentration camp...[end inscription]"; at left side, and partially covered by, stapled note, the following is inscribed "[partially visible] From/1st Sgt/35160/Bn Hq./APO 20" in ink; see Remarks regarding remaining inscriptions (not enough room in this field) below stapled note is inscription "To Mrs Thomas Welch/629 Eugene st/Indianapolis 8/Indiana" in ink bottom of box inscribed "From/1st Sgt C. C. Welch/35166350/2nd Bn. Hq. 260 Inf./APO 200/c/o P. M N. Y. N. Y./To Mrs T. Welch/629 Eugene st/Indianapolis 8/Indiana" in colored pencil or crayon
Genre
- Object
- Containers