Overview
- Description
- The John Daniel Morgan collection consists of one CD containing scans of material retrieved at the Dachau concentration camp by John Daniel Morgan (Dan Morgan), a member of the United States Army. The collection includes digital images of two binders of alphabetical correspondence with Nazi party members in the Munich area between 1938-1942; one binder of formal and informal photographs of SS officers mounted on notebook paper, including photographs of drills, ceremonies, portraits (including one of Theodor Eicke), groups of children, German airplanes, and meetings with Japanese officers; and one binder of documents related to the Dachau concentration camp from 1938-April 1945, including staff pay information, prisoner work assignments, and a report on the final days of the Holocaust in Iffeldorf, Germany. Also includes an annotated copy of the SS Dachau book with photographs of the reburial of bodies and of the Gardelegen massacre inserted at the end.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1938-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ric Morgan
- Collection Creator
- John D. Morgan
- Biography
-
John Daniel Morgan (Dan Morgan) served with the 6th Tank Destroyer Group of the United States Army. From May - October 1945, he and his unit was detailed to the Dachau concentration camp to support the repatriation of internees and the on-going trials of former SS personnel. He assisted in the creation of the 7th Army book about the Dachau concentration camp. Morgan retrieved volumes of materials from a pile of materials to be destroyed. Ric Morgan donated digital copies of the rescued materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Correspondence. Artwork. Personal narratives.
- Extent
-
1 CD.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The John Daniel Morgan collection is arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust victims. Soldiers--United States. United States. Army. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--Administration. Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 1945.
- Geographic Name
- Germany. Munich (Germany) Gardelegen (Germany) Iffeldorf (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Eicke, Theodor, 1892-1943.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ric Morgan donated the John Daniel Morgan collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2011.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-23 11:51:37
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42759
Download & Licensing
- In Copyright - Use Permitted
- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Request 7 Days in Advance of Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
-
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD
