Ralph J. Scheiderer collection
Extent and Medium
folder
oversize folder
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1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tom Scheiderer, the Estate of Ralph J. Scheiderer and the Scheiderer Family.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Tom Scheiderer, son of Ralph Scheiderer.
Scope and Content
Contains photographs, negatives, and documents collected by U.S. serviceman T/Sgt. Ralph J. Scheiderer. Many images concern the liberation of Landsberg/Kaufering concentration camp, and bear handwritten descriptions on the verso. Contains a typwritten report prepared by Robert J. Hartwig entitled "Atrocities of Lansburg [sic] Concentration Camp," and the text of an April 17, 1945 radio report about the actions of the 12th Armored Division.
Corporate Bodies
- Kaufering (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Negatives.
- Document
- Reports.
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