Wartime SS officer's diary

Identifier
irn512938
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.107
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512938

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this diary from Luis Alfredo Rocha on April 9, 2003. Mr. Rocha received this diary from a friend of his father who served as a Sergeant in the United States Army and who liberated it from an SS officer.

Scope and Content

The wartime diary of an SS officer is written in German and is arranged chronologically although the year is unknown. The diary includes descriptions of events along with newspaper clippings and map. The dairy was taken from an SS officer by an unnamed Sergeant in the United States Army.

System of Arrangement

The diary is arranged as a single series.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945.

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.