Verle H. Brown collection

Identifier
irn555848
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.230.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn555848

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Verle H. Brown

Biographical History

Verle Harrison Brown (1923-2006) was born June 13, 1923 in Ogden Weber, UT, to James and Lillian Brown and had a sister named Marilyn. He served with the US Army during World War II as a Tech 5 Corporal with the 102nd Infantry Division and witnessed the afternmath of the Gardelegen atrocity. He married Cornelia Visalia Wilson in 1947.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Family of Verle H. Brown

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Harlan Brown, son of Verle Harrison Brown.

Scope and Content

Photographs taken at Gardelegen showing victims of the atrocity, the confrontation between American servicemen and local German officials, and civilians being forced to participate in the exhumation and reburial of victims.

Subjects

  • Gardelegen (Germany)
  • Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 1945.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.