Album regarding the liberation of Spittal (Stalag XVIII)

Identifier

irn516213

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2005.13

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516213

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Susan Sandler donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 24, 2005. Her uncle, Louis Margel, was a Jewish Canadian soldier who spent time in a prisoner of war camp during World War II.

Scope and Content

Consists of one spiral bound album presented to Louis Margel from the "War Prisoner's Aid of the Y.M.C.A." The album contains photographs of the liberation of the Spittal, Austria, prisoner of war camp (Stalag XVIII) and of life in the Spittal displaced persons camp.

Genre

Photographs.
Document

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.