Records relating to the participation of the 90th U.S. Infantry Division in the liberation of Flossenbürg

Identifier
irn503727
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0022
  • RG-09.021.01
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503727

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mr. Cantrell collected the original correspondence and other materials primarily from other 90th Infantry Division veterans. These documents seemingly were passed on to his wife. Mrs. Cantrell gave them to daughter Kay Cantrell. Kay Cantrell sent photocopies to Phyllis Goldberg of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 1992, and Ms. Goldberg forwarded them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives that same month.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the 90th Infantry Division, postwar contacts of its veterans, and the role of division members in the liberation of Flossenbürg.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Cantrell, William G.
  • Schuschnigg, Kurt, 1897-1977.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Crematoriums.
  • Typhus fever.
  • Political prisoners.

Genre

  • Document
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