Albert Craig Levinson collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Kurt Grunwald
- Albert C. Levinson
Biographical History
Albert Craig Levinson was a member of the 8th Infantry and was present at the Ohrdruf concentration camp shortly after liberation. He likely worked as a clerk/typist.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Loy Beardsmore
Loy Beardsmore, donated the testimony her father typed and his photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Scope and Content
Consists of one typed testimony, three pages, dictated by Dr. Kurt Grunwald, a Czech physician, related to his Holocaust experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Ohrdruf. The testimony was typed by Albert Craig Levinson, a member of the 8th Infantry Division, after the liberation of Ohrdruf. Dr. Grunwald later reunited with his surviving son, Misa (Frank), whom he mourns in the testimony, believing Misa to have been killed at Auschwitz. Also includes a copyprint photograph of Albert Craig Levinson.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Loy Beardsmore
People
- Grunwald, Kurt.
- Levinson, Albert Craig.
- Grunwald, Frank.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document