Ripp family papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Norbert and Evelyn Ripp
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Norbert Ripp.
Scope and Content
Contains documents regarding Herbert Ripp, who fled Nazi Germany in December 1939 for the United States, and his service in the US Army as an military intelligence officer trained at Camp Ritchie. Includes a typed confession of Gustav Hermann, a Nazi lieutenant in the Kovno Ghetto, dated 1945 and given to Herbert; as well as a charge sheet for German police officer Adolf Ruebe, who was charged with multiple counts of murder in Minsk, and ultimately sentenced to life in prison, dated 1948.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Document
- Statements.
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