Allen A. Cramer collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
1 CD-ROM,
Creator(s)
- Allen A. Cramer
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Allen Cramer donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 6, 2005. He donated the photographs and letters on Sep. 22, 2005.
Scope and Content
Consists of one memoir on CD-ROM entitled "A Half-Century Later," by Allen A. Cramer, a member of the 11th Armored Division and a liberator of the Gusen concentration camp. In the memoir, he describes his memories of the liberation and of his experiences guarding the camp. Also includes photographs taken by PFC Cramer of the Gusen concentration camp, including an episode of "Camp Justice," handwritten and V-Mail, regarding the liberation, sent to his parents and to Natalie Broder, who later became his wife. Also includes one piece of counterfeit English money produced by the Germans.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Personal narratives.
- Document