Bea Browdy letter

Identifier
irn503770
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0028
  • RG-04.042
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

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1 microfiche,

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Bea Browdy (née Bellove) was born to a Jewish family in the United States. Before she joined the American military, she met Mildred Herman, a Jewish nurse, at a training hospital in Manhattan, New York. During World War II, Bea was a nurse in the United States Army and served in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. When she visited the Dachau concentration camp shortly after the war's end, she was attached to the 110th Field Hospital. She currently lives with her husband in Florida.

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.

Ruth D. Jacobson donated the Bea Browdy letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 1993.

Scope and Content

The Bea Browdy letter consists of a copy of a letter written by Army nurse Bea Browdy and addressed to her friend Mildred Herman, dated May 11, 1945. The letter describes the wartime experiences of the American army nurse and includes descriptions of Dachau concentration camp and the conditions there shortly after liberation. Both women served as nurses in the United States Army.

System of Arrangement

The Bea Browdy letter is arranged in a single series.

People

Subjects

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