Donald L. Hildenbrand collection

Identifier
irn631798
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Bruce, Janice and Philip Hildenbrand, the children of Donald Hildenbrand.

Scope and Content

Collection of materials that document Donald Hildenbrand’s experiences as one of the 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB and sent as a slave laborer at the Berga concentration camp. Includes: German patch and knife inscribed April 23, 1945 both given to him by one of his liberators, relics from the tunnels where he performed slave labor, US Army issued medals, pins, and ribbons (some boxed), patches, his German issued POW dog tag #27013 received upon arrival at Stalag IXB, Donald’s Silver Star Medal in box with ribbon and pin, 100th Division challenge coin, POW medallion on ribbon, oral history interview with Donald Hildenbrand, his Selective Service classification card, clippings, booklet, documents, photographs, and correspondence and telegrams sent to his mother in Baltimore

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.