Milton L. Shurr collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Milton L. Shurr.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of an ashtray, binoculars, model airplane, Buchenwald scrip, a hunting knife and sheath, a Walther pistol and sheath, and a watercolor, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Milton Shurr, who as a member of the United States 1st Army Displaced Persons Team, arrived to care for prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp soon after its liberation in April 1945.
Genre
- Collection