John E. Hart letters
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- John E. Hart
Biographical History
John E. Hart served as a member of the 121st Infantry division, United States Army. He is the uncle of Stephen W. Hart.
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 W. Hart donated the John E. Hart letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
Scope and Content
The John E. Hart letters consists of four multi-page letters written by John E. Hart, a member of the 121st Infantry division, United States Army, between April 8 and June 2, 1945. The letters, which are each written over multiple dates, describe capturing German towns and guarding captured enemy soldiers. The letter dated May 6th describes what he witnessed at the liberation of an unknown concentration camp.
System of Arrangement
The John E. Hart letters are arranged in a single series.
People
- Hart, John E.
Subjects
- Soldiers--United States.
- United States. Army.
- World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document