Charles Froelicher papers

Identifier
irn515593
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.43.5
  • 1992.78
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515593

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Charles Froelicher

Biographical History

Charles Froelicher (1923-1992) was born in Switzerland and immigrated to the United States with his parents, Victor and Helen Froelicher, in 1924, settling in New Jersey. During World War II, he served with the U.S. 6th Armored Division which liberated Buchenwald in April 1945. In late June, along with Jake Ruppert, Max Hagenauer, and Alex Castle, he was assigned to accompany a transport of children from Buchenwald to Switzerland. The transport had been organized by Swiss Red Cross and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. In December 1945 he was assigned as Agent in Charge of the Counter Intelligence Corps in Donauwörth, Germany.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charles Froelicher. In memory of Katherin Alexander-Katz from Berlin, who perished in Auschwitz, circa 1942.

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

Charles Froelicher donated the Charles Froelicher papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. The accession formerly cataloged as 1992.78 has been incorporated into this collection.

Scope and Content

The Charles Froelicher papers consist of photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp and children who were part of the transport Charles Froelicher accompanied from Buchenwald to Switzerland in June 1945; a document issued by the Allied Expeditionary Force Military Government authorizing him to accompany the transport; two German language clippings about the transport; and a blank questionnaire used by the Counter Intelligence Corps for interrogating arrested Nazis. The photographs were taken by Charles Froelicher or other soldiers from the U.S. 6th Armored Division.

System of Arrangement

The Charles Froelicher papers are arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Refugee children--Germany.
  • Jewish orphans--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Holocaust victims--Germany.

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.