Shoah: an eyewitness testimony
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Dr. Cynthia Geppert donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2000.
Scope and Content
Consists of the testimony, 9 pages, of John E. Pfeiffer, presented at a Yom Hashoah remembrance ceremony on May 2, 1997. Mr. Pfeiffer was a part of a reconnaissance squad that discovered Dachau on April 29, 1945. He describes his memories of the conditions there and how his experiences affected him in later life.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.