Carrol Walsh letter
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Carrol Walsh
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carrol Walsh and Stephen Barry
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Carrol Walsh and Stephen Barry donated the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 9, 2009.
Scope and Content
The Carrol Walsh letter was written by World War II veteran and liberator Carrol Walsh to Holocaust survivor Stephen Barry on April 10, 2008. Walsh, who liberated Barry from a train on the outskirts of Magdeburg, Germany, on April 13, 1945, writes about their friendship. Walsh also describes how unworthy he feels when survivors express their gratitude to him. He believes that the liberating soldiers were doing what they were morally obligated to do.
System of Arrangement
The Carrol Walsh letter is arranged in a single series.
People
- Walsh, Carrol.
- Barry, Stephen.
Subjects
- United States. Army.
- World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust survivors.
- Soldiers--United States.
- Germany.
- Magdeburg (Germany)
Genre
- Letter.
- Correspondence.
- Document