"A Bizarre Belsen Encounter-Sweden 1982"

Identifier

irn515293

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2004.420

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515293

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Peter Gannon donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Jul. 1, 2004.

Scope and Content

Consists of a memoir, 12 pages, describing the liberation experiences of Peter Gannon, a member of the British Armed Forces that liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He also describes a chance reunion with a survivor of Bergen-Belsen in Sweden in 1982. Mr. Gannon had given the woman chocolate on the day of liberation.

Genre

Personal Narratives.
Document

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