Joseph W. Eaton collection

Identifier: irn531023
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn531023

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Dr. Joseph W. Eaton.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Jewish Police armband, a Theresienstadt scrapbook, correspondence, documents, leaflets, photograph albums, discs, and photographs relating to the experiences of Joseph W. Eaton, a German prewar émigré who served as an American soldier in the Psychological Operations Division during World War II.

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Joseph W. Eaton papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42329
- English
- 1932-2011
- boxes oversize boxes 9 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The Joseph W. Eaton papers document Eaton’s service in the Psychological Warfare Division of the 12th United States Army Group from 1943 to 1945. They include photograph albums and Allied and German press photographs; reports on the latter stages of the war and the postwar situation in Germany; correspondence regarding concentration camp survivors, displaced persons, and other matters of interest to Eaton; subject and research files on topics such as German cities, concentration camps, displaced persons camps, Camp Ritchie, the Psychological Warfare Division, and Radio Luxembourg; newspaper...
Theresienstadt scrapbook acquired by a German American US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn531024
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Depth: 0.394 inches (1.001 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Scrapbook containing scrip and a Star of David badge owned by Joseph W. Eaton. Joseph had lived in the United States since November 1934 when his parents in Berlin, Germany, got him passage through German Jewish Children’s Aid. In September 1942, he entered the US Army and was trained in military government and psychological warfare at Camp Ritchie. He entered the war zone in France, six weeks after D-Day, June 4, 1944, as part of the 4th Mobile Broadcasting Unit, Allied Headquarters. He was part of a handpicked Press and Publications Unit under Hans Habe responsible for creating propaganda...
Armband stamped Jewish Police Schwandorf acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn531031
- English
- overall: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Schwandorf Jewish police armband acquired by Joseph W. Eaton, 26, presumably after the war in Schwandorf displaced persons camp in Germany. Joseph had lived in the United States since November 1934 when his parents sent him away from Berlin, Germany. After joining the Army in 1942, he was trained in military government and psychological warfare at Camp Ritchie. He entered combat six weeks after D-Day, June 4, 1944, as part of the 4th Mobile Broadcasting Unit, Allied Headquarters. He was part of a handpicked Press and Publications Unit responsible for radio and print propaganda for German tr...

Joseph W. Eaton collection

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Joseph W. Eaton papers

Theresienstadt scrapbook acquired by a German American US soldier

Armband stamped Jewish Police Schwandorf acquired by a US soldier