Elwin P. Ware letter

Identifier
irn516345
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.12.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516345

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Elwin P. Ware

Biographical History

Elwin P. Ware was an attorney for the Farm Credit Administration in Wichita, Kansas and was appointed to represent the United States at the Nuremberg Trials.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dennis and Malinda Dillman In memory of Jean D. Dillman who had the foresight to save this letter.

Malinda and Dennis Dillman donated the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Scope and Content

The letter was written by Elwin P. Ware, representative for the United States at the Nuremberg Trials, to his wife and office staff describing what he saw during a post-liberation tour of Buchenwald concentration camp.

People

  • Ware, Elwin P.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Lawyers--Germany--Nuremberg--1940-1950.

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.