William B. Duff collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
1 armband,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
James Duff donated his brother's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 26, 2005 with the assistance of Marilyn Sutherland. Mr. Duff passed away in the fall of 2005.
Scope and Content
Consists of photographs of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp as well as photographs of the repatriation of survivors. The photographs were taken by William B. Duff, a member of the medical detachment of the 117th Infantry division. Also includes Mr. Duff's medic's armband, as well as a copy of the July 10, 1945 issue of "Army Talks," which discusses Buchenwald, and clippings regarding Mr. Duff's service and the brutality of the SS.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Newspaper clippings.
- Photographs.
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