William E. Bracey collection relating to Nordhausen
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- William E. Bracey
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
William E. Bracey donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1994.
Scope and Content
The collection relates to William E. Bracey's experiences during the liberation of Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora-Mittelbau) and his subsequent interest in the camp and its inmates. It contains: two original and photocopies of black and white photographs of the Boelke Kaserne and other locations at Nordhausen, taken by unknown Allied soldiers, consisting primarily of pictures of dead inmates; photocopies of diary entries by Bracey from the time when he entered Nordhausen and of miscellaneous articles about Nordhausen, its liberation, and reunions of its liberators.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 104th
- Dora (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Concentration camps.
- Soldiers' writings.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document