Lavern A. Weiser papers

Identifier

irn500949

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1995.A.0814

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500949

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Lavern A. Weiser

Scope and Content

Photographs of post-liberation Dachau, news clippings from 1945, and news account of U.S. Army veteran Lawrence Weiser, circa 1990s. Photos appear to be from Weiser. Also includes a cartoon map of Europe, showing path of 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) from landing at Marseille to Bavaria and Austria by V-E Day.

Subjects

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

Genre

Document
Newspaper clippings.
Photographs.

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