John R. Kellam letter

Identifier
irn504347
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0295
  • RG-10.131
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504347

Extent and Medium

folder

1

,

1 microfiche,

Creator(s)

  • John R. Kellam

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

John Kellam donated the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

Letter describing John R. Kellam's experiences in 1945 with Gerhardt Gutzat, a German prisoner-of-war, held in Milan, Michigan, who did not believe American press accounts which stated that the Nazis had tried to exterminate the Jews of Europe and that Nazi concentration camps had killed thousands of people.

People

  • Kellam, John R.
  • Gutzat, Gerhardt.

Subjects

  • Holocaust denial.
  • Prisoners of war--United States--Michigan.
  • Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Conscientious objectors--United States.

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.