John I. Hill liberation letter

Identifier

irn517259

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2005.337

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517259

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

John I. Hill donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 22, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of one letter, three pages, written by John I. Hill, a member of the 12th Armored Division (the "Hellcats") during World War II. In the letter, Hill describes his reaction to a recently liberated concentration camp. Though the name of the camp is not mentioned, it was almost certainly a subcamp of Dachau.

Subjects

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

Genre

Document
Letters.

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.