Edward J. Diehm collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Edward J. Diehm
Biographical History
Edward J. Diehm, originally from Rochester, NY, entered the United States military on January 12, 1942. After training, he was sent to Europe, arriving in England January 11, 1944. He participated in battles in central Europe, Normandy, France, and the Rhineland as a staff sergeant in company A, of the 509th Military Police Battalion. He was honorably discharged from service on October 2, 1945.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Diehm-Fletcher
Susan Diehm-Fletcher donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
Scope and Content
Consists of photographs, a letter, and identity cards owned by Edward J. Diehm, a Sergeant in the Military Police of the United States Army. Includes photographs from his military training, of his service in Europe, and of the occupation of Germany, as well as one photograph of corpses taken at an unknown concentration camp. Also includes copies of his service records, his discharge card, his card for the marine barracks in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and a typescript letter to Diehm's wife in which he describes the desire of liberated prisoners to return to their homes, as well as wartime souvenirs he is sending home.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Edward J. Diehm
- Diehm, Edward.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
Subjects
- United States--Armed Forces--Military police.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
Genre
- Identification cards.
- Letters.
- Document
- Photographs.