Rentzemuhle and Buchenwald

Identifier
irn504275
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0257
  • RG-09.042
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504275

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Victor Geller donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Nov. 1994.

Scope and Content

Victor Geller, a Jewish-American soldier, describes how he helped the newly-liberated Jewish women prisoners of Rentzemuhle labor camp and describes his impressions and memories of Buchenwald concentration camp after its liberation.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Soldiers' writings, American.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish women.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
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