Harmon James collection

Identifier
irn526614
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.581.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sylvia James

Sylvia James donated this collection, sent by an uncle to her father, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of printed photographic postcards with handwritten descriptions, a printed article, and a map of Obersalzberg, all collected by either Clifton or Clinton James and mailed to a brother, Harmon James, in the United States. The printed postcards depict images of the Dachau concentration camp after liberation and have been annotated by the sender (who sent them to his brother to avoid upsetting his wife with the images); the article, in German, is "Das Krematorium in Dachau," by Willy Furlan-Horst; the map of Obersalzberg identifies the homes of Hitler, Bormann, and Goering, and was evidently used by Allied soldiers touring the area.

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