Chandler Keller letters

Identifier
irn504346
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0294
  • RG-10.130
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504346

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Chandler Keller

Biographical History

In 1945 Chandler Keller (1919 -1993) served as a volunteer ambulance driver for the American Field Service during World War II.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Peter Keller, the author's son, gave the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives copies of the letters in Aug. 1994.

Scope and Content

Contains photocopies of an undated letter from Chandler Keller to his father describing conditions inside the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as well as two letters from Keller describing how he and other American soldiers took care of the medical needs of Holocaust survivors.

People

  • Keller, Chandler.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
  • Soldiers' writings, American.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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