Hank Freedman collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hank Freedman
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Hank Freedman.
Scope and Content
The collection includes a color copy of a journal written by Hank Freedman while a POW in Germany, first at Stalag IXB in Bad Orb and then Stalag IXA in Ziegenhain. In the journal Hank keeps lists of foods to eat, things to do after liberation, names and addresses, and notes about his experiences as a Prisoner of War. The collection also includes two copy prints of Hank Freedman taken during his military service with the US Army during WWII, serving with the 106th Infantry Division.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Hank Freedman
People
- Freedman, Hank.
Corporate Bodies
- Stalag XI B
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 106th
Subjects
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Diaries.
- World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Prisoners and prisons.
Genre
- Document
- Diaries.