1981 International Liberators Conference collection Mauthausen
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Scope and Content
Contains testimonies, letters, and articles relating to the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp. Includes information about activities of the 11th U.S. Armored Division and the 130th U.S. Evacuation Hospital, the work of U.S. Army nurses with the survivors of the camp, and the situation of starvation and poor sanitation in the camp upon liberation. Also included is a speech given by Marie Knowles Ellifritz on June 5, 1982, to the Elizabeth Buxton Hospital Nurses Alumnae describing her experiences as a US Army nurse serving at Mauthausen after liberation.
People
- Ellifritz, Marie Knowles.
Corporate Bodies
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Gusen (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th
- United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 130th
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Medical Corps
Subjects
Genre
- Document
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Letters.
- Photographs.
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