Holocaust Ohrdruf
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Edward S. Olson
Biographical History
Edward S. Olson (b. Scarsdale, New York) served in the United States Army as Company Commander of H Company, 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division during World War II.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Edward S. Olson donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 1994.
Scope and Content
Contians a four-page memoir describing Edward Olson's recollections of discovering and investigating the Ohrdruf concentration camp during liberation.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 89th
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Soldiers' writings.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.