"I saw Buchenwald"

Identifier
irn502804
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.064
  • RG-09.009
Dates
1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1985
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502804

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Jack La Pietra

Biographical History

Jack La Pietra is a retired Lt. Col. of the United States Air Force, who visited Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after liberation.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Jack la Pietra in 1991.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of "I saw Buchenwald" by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jack La Pietra. The testimony describes the inhumane conditions and places of torture and death seen by La Pietra as he was taken through the camp by one of the Buchenwald survivors shortly after liberation. It was written in 1979 and and epilogue was added in 1985.

People

  • La Pietra, Jack.
  • Schienhelm, Reinhold.
  • Koch, Ilse, 1906-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Human experimentation in medicine.
  • Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
  • Children.
  • Statistics.
  • Executions and executioners.
  • Holocaust memorials.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Political prisoners.
  • Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
  • Crematoriums.

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.