Walter Brewer Jr. papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marc Brewer
Created and/or acquired by Walter Brewer Jr. (donor's father) while serving with the US Army during WWII. Inherited by Marc Brewer after his father's death, December 1989. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Marc Brewer.
Scope and Content
Contains four photographs, and one one-page typescript document, dated "Ohrdruf, Germany, April 9," which describes how the inhabitants of the town of Ohrdruf were confronted with the concentration camp in their midst after its liberation by Allied soldiers, 1945. Photographs consist of four snapshots of Walter Brewer, Jr., during his military service in World War II.
Subjects
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
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