Eyewitness account of the Buchenwald concentration camp Weimar, Germany

Identifier
irn501766
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0250
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501766

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • John M. Boykin

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.

John M. Boykin wrote the letter to Blanche Stark on Apr. 20, 1945. Andrea Stark Ratner, daughter of Blanche Stark, obtained the letter after her mother's death. Ratner donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Aug. 1997.

Scope and Content

A letter from John M. Boykin to Blanch Starke, dated April 20, 1945, describing his experiences at Buchenwald concentration camp.

System of Arrangement

Arranged as a single series.

People

  • Starke, Blanch.
  • Boykin, John M.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Soldiers--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

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