Fritz Wetzel collection

Identifier
irn516011
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.617
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516011

Extent and Medium

box

oversize folders

1

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Frederick Wetzel donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Apr. 14, 2004. An accretion was added on May 23, 2007.

Scope and Content

Consists of items collected and saved by PFC Fritz Wetzel, a member of the 483rd Medical Collection Company, during World War II. Included are a set of German cigarette cards featuring Hitler and German propaganda, photographs taken after the liberation of Paris, and US Army magazines. Notable are a pocket guide to Germany distributed to US troops and a pass, permission slip, and customs form allowing PFC Wetzel to possess and retain captured German military equipment. Also includes nine photographs taken the liberation of an unknown camp, perhaps Gardelegen, and a July 1945 copy of the Belgian (Flemish) magazine "ABC."

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.