Harold B. Conlan collection

Identifier: irn95110
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95110

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Ruth Conlan, the wife of Harold Burdette Conlan.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a yarn doll, seven pieces of currency, a pennant, and a soap bar relating to the experiences of Harold B. Conlan, a soldier in the 701st Company D, US Army, which assisted in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in April 1945.

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Displaying items 1 to 10 of 10

Allied Military Authority currency, 5 francs, for use in France, owned by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5803
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Allied Military Authority currency, 5 francs, for use in France owned by and likely issued to Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army. This type of scrip was printed by the British and Americans for the June 1944 D-Day invasion and after. Military currency or occupation money was produced for use by military personnel in occupied territories. Conlan's unit was in Germany in early April 1945 and assisted in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp which was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of ...
Yarn doll, bag, and scrap of money found in a liberated camp by US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5804
- English
- a: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) c: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Handmade yarn doll within a cloth pouch with a torn bit of currency found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, under a makeshift bed in a dormitory at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans began evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. ...
Soap found in a liberated concentration camp by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5805
- English
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Bar of soap mass produced in wartime Germany found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had f...
Red pennant with swastika found at a liberated concentration camp by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5806
- English
- overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small Nazi pennant with a swastika on a white circle found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items ...
Nazi Germany, 50 reichspfennig coin found by an American soldier/liberator
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5807
- English
- 1935
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German 50 pfennig coin found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had found and to never forg...
Nazi Germany, 5 reichspfennig coin found in a liberated camp by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5808
- English
- 1940
- overall: | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German 5 pfennig coin found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had found and to never forge...
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin found in a liberated camp by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5809
- English
- 1942
- overall: | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German 10 pfennig coin found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had found and to never forg...
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin found in a liberated camp by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5810
- English
- 1942
- overall: | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German 10 pfennig coin found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had found and to never forg...
Nazi Germany, 50 reichspfennig coin found in a liberated camp by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5811
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German 50 pfennig coin found by Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army, at the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The camp was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of the camp after the Germans begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had found and to never forg...
Allied Military Authority currency, 2 francs, for use in France, owned by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5812
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Allied Military Authority currency, 2 francs, for use in France owned by and likely issued to Harold Burdette Conlan, a soldier in 701st D Company, US Army. This type of scrip was printed by the British and Americans for the June 1944 D-Day invasion and after. Military currency or occupation money was produced for use by military personnel in occupied territories. Conlan's unit was in Germany in early April 1945 and assisted in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp which was discovered by troops from the 6th Army on April 11, 1945. Starving prisoners had already seized control of ...