Sandbostel - April 1945

Identifier
irn504271
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0142
  • RG-09.038
Dates
1 Jan 1992 - 31 Dec 1992
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

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Creator(s)

Biographical History

R. Barer was a captain in the British Army during World War II, and his unit helped liberate Sandbostel.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Gwen Barer gave a copy of R. Barer's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Feb. 1994.

Scope and Content

R. Barer's memoir describes: the steps taken to liberate Sandbostel; the concerns of British military medical personnel about the presence of typhus in the camp; the sanitary conditions inside the camp; the burial of the camp's dead; the difference in conditions between political prisoners and prisoners of war; the visit to the camp of German doctors and nurses; and Barer's ideas to prevent a reoccurrence of German atrocities by an education program.

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