Frederick B. Lea collection

Identifier
irn41493
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.300
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1992
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41493

Extent and Medium

folder

1

6 slides,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frederick Lea

Frederick B. Lea donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 22, 1992.

Scope and Content

Consists of material related to the experiences of Frederick B. Lea, Company Commander of the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, Fourth Armored Division of the United States Army, who participated in the liberations of the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps in April 1945. Includes Mr. Lea's written testimony, entitled "Recollections of a Liberator," photographic prints and slides taken at Ohrdruf and at Buchenwald, which Mr. Lea described, a copy of a map of the movement of the Fourth Armored Division, and photocopies of the photographs taken by Mr. Lea.

People

  • Lea, Frederick.

Corporate Bodies

Genre

  • Document
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