Daryl Ratzlaff letters

Identifier
irn501914
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0120
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501914

Extent and Medium

folder

1

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.

Stephen L. Sanger donated the Daryl Ratzlaff's letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 1998. Stephen L. Sanger is the nephrew of Daryl Ratzlaff.

Scope and Content

The Daryl Ratzlaff letters consists of two two letters written by Sergeant Daryl Ratzlaff from Linz, Austria to Mrs. Lysle G. Danger in Moscow, Iowa regarding his participation in the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp and his recent visit to liberated Paris, France.

System of Arrangement

The Daryl Ratzlaff letters is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Ratzlaff, Daryl.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Soldiers--United States.
  • United States. Army.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Austria.
  • Linz (Austria)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Paris (France)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.