Letter relating to liberation experiences at Dachau and Landsberg
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Edward Newell
Biographical History
In 1933, Edward Newell was situated in the office of Herr Gennert, VP of the Gestapo Headquarters in Alexanderplatz, Berlin with the purpose of surveying European Police Systems. During World War II, Newell was assigned to the 163rd Signal Photographic Company of the Fifth Army in North Africa, and 7th Army in Italy, France, and Germany where he photographed combat and reported on American troop movements.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Edward Newell donated the letter relating to liberation experiences at Dachau and Landsberg to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
Scope and Content
"Dachau and Landsberg" is a 3 page letter (memoir) which relates to the Holocaust experiences of Edward Newell as a liberator in Europe.
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Newell, Edward.
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Kaufering (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Soldiers--United States.
Genre
- Document
- Letter.