Lavan Robinson papers
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Lavan Robinson
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Sarah Riggle for the Estate of Lavan Robinson.
Scope and Content
Collection of documents entrusted to 1st Lt Lavan Robinson, who was in the 86th Infantry Division of the United States Army. Robinson worked to bring order to the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany in 1945. In exchange, Robinson received gifts of appreciation from the people he assisted or worked with in the camp. Also included is correspondence received by Robinson after he returned to the United States and a modern letter detailing the events of the time period by Robinson.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document
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