Philomena K. Malin collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Philomena K. Malin
Biographical History
Philomena Malin was with the USO in Europe during WWII. She never spoke with her family about what she witnessed in the camp. After the war she had a career with the State Department, (she was fluent in Russian) and was stationed in Prague and Belgrade during the Cold War. Her family says that she reported directly to John Foster Dulles, and never spoke about her work. She passed away in 1970.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Pedretti
Sent home from WWII by Philomena K. Malin (donor's aunt) to her family. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by David Pedretti.
Scope and Content
Envelope sent by Philomena K. Malin to her family in Genoa, Wisconsin containing three black and white photographic prints which depicts victims of the Nordhausen concentration camp immediately following liberation; photographs captioned on verso; dated April 1945.
Subjects
Genre
- Document
- Envelopes.
- Photographs.