Milton V. Elliot / Gerhard Pleiss collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Wendie Theus, the daughter of Milton V. Elliott.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of five German bank notes and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Gerhard Pleiss, an officer in the Leibstandart SS Adolf Hitler, 1st Company, in Nazi Germany, as well as the experiences of Milton Verne Elliott, a soldier in the United States Army who discovered the album during World War II.
Genre
- Collection