Abraham Heckman collection

Identifier
irn47421
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.401.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47421

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Abraham Heckman

Abraham Heckman donated these documents to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 with the assistance of his son, Mark. Mr. Heckman was a member of the United States Army in 1945, and received these documents from an unknown man in the summer of 1945.

Scope and Content

Consists of original documents related to life in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes a brief history of the camp, written in short paragraphs and highlighting major events and executions; a narrative, one page, entitled "Mord und Hunger im November 1939" by Dr. Gustav Herzog, originally of Vienna; a blank form for reporting on the execution of inmates; and documents related to services honoring those who perished at Buchenwald.

People

  • Herzog, Gustav.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

  • Document
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