Bayard L. Cabe papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Bayard L. Cabe
Biographical History
Bayard L. Cabe (1925-1977) was born in Darrington, WA and served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 in Normandy, Northern France, the Ardennes, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. In April 1945 he visited the recently liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cathy Larson
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Cathy Larson donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 29 Sept. 2009.
Scope and Content
The Bayard L. Cabe papers consists of a letter written by Bayard L. Cabe, a member of the 6th Armored Division, on 23 April 1945, regarding the liberation of Buchenwald. In the letter, he describes the tour he took with English-speaking former prisoners and summarizes their experiences. The letter is missing the final page(s). The papers also include photocopies of military records and photographs from his service.
System of Arrangement
The Bayard L. Cabe papers are arranged as a single series.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Soldiers--United States.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Germany.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.