Permit to leave Dachau concentration camp
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Brian J. Looney This gift is made in honor of William Michael Looney
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Brian J. Looney.
Scope and Content
Permit, dated April-June 1945, issued to 1st Lt. William Michael Looney (donor's father) to enter and leave the former concentration camp Dachau at any time. First Lt. Looney participted in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and served as a platoon leader of the 116th Evacuation Hospital. For his service he received the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Army of Occupation of Germany Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal; dated circa April-June 1945
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Permits.
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