Erich Berges: Report re experiences in concentration camps
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Biographical History
The author, Erich Berger, was born in December 1899 in Schwelm, Westphalia. He lost his parents, wife and children in the war and had been in camps since 1938 without interruption. It is thought that he was a political prisoner and not Jewish.
Archival History
Clarence Bowman, husband of the donor, formerly in the 17th/ 21st Lancers, possibly involved in the liberation of the camps, came into possession of this manuscript
Acquisition
Typescript Buchenwald report 1945
Donated 03/2007
Donor: Elsie Bowman (via Carl White
Scope and Content
This report describes conditions in Buchenwald then Mauthausen for this former prisoner. The collection also includes a handwritten summary of the contents in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Berges, Erich
Subjects
- Political prisoners
- Mauthausen (concentration camp)
- Concentration camps
- Buchenwald (concentration camp)
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