George A. Silver collection

Identifier
irn60507
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.541.1
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1945, 1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1981
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

George A. Silver (1913-2005) began his career in medicine while serving in the medical corps of the United States Army during World War II, where he saw action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, including helping with the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. Following his military career, he served a chief of the Social Medicine Division of Montefiore Hospital (1951-1955), as Deputy Assistant Secretary for health and scientific affairs in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1965-1968), and following that, as a professor on the faculty of public health at Yale University Medical School.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jane Silver

Jane Silver donated the George A. Silver collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Photographs, maps, propaganda leaflets, booklets, and ephemera, related to the military career during World War II of George A. Silver, including his service in the U.S. Army in the North African and Italian theatres, 1943-1945, as well as the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. Included are a book plate from the library of Adolf Hitler, Allied and German propaganda leaflets, and information provided to American soldiers in occupied Germany after the war. Also contains material documenting Silver's attendance at the International Liberators' Conference, hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, DC, 1981.

System of Arrangement

Items are arranged in alphabetical order, by document type, and then by title of contents.

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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.