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1. Robert Heuck papers
2000.221 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 2000.221
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1945
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… of the civil defense, fire, and police departments in Zwickau, daily reports from Heuck to the commanding general of the First United States Army, his…
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 … the situation of the civil defense, fire, and police departments in Zwickau, daily reports from Heuck to the commanding general of the First United…
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2. Lorenz Schmuhl papers
1995.A.1119 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1119 | RG Number: RG-10.137
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1985
bulk: 1939-1945
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… May 1944 and arrived at Buchenwald on April 15, 1945 where he served as the first American commander of Buchenwald after liberation. He worked to…
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 … the first American commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and his work at a DP camp in Wiesbaden, Germany. The collection also…
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3. Charles Vogel papers
2010.500.1 Book Enclose 1 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 2010.500.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1937-2001
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bulk: 1945-1949
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… and Ludwig Merz, Commanders of Berga, in Germany. Some of the material was used, but no survivors were asked to testify. After Metz and Merz’s sentences…
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 … of Erwin Metz and Ludwig Merz, Commanders of Berga, in Germany. Some of the material was used, but no survivors were asked to testify. After Metz and…
4. Zyga Butler papers
2016.507.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2016.507.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1979
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…. He served with the Polish Forces under British Command (Anders Army) from April 1942 to April 1947 in Russia, Iran, and Iraq. He was evacuated to…
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 … Russians at Lwów and taken to Russia. He served with the Polish Forces under British Command (Anders Army) from April 1942 to April 1947 in Russia, Iran, and…
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  • Series 1: Zyga Butler papers 1939-1979
    • File 4: Diary 1943-1944
5. Arnold Lissance family papers
2014.275. 1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2014.275.1
Date:
inclusive: 1894-1973
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… official daily diary of the German army’s supreme command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), a post he held until 1943. Captured by the Allies at the end of the…
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 … military historian Helmuth Greiner, who had been appointed in 1939 to keep the official daily diary of the German army’s supreme command (Oberkommando der…
6. Baksztanska and Sierpinski families papers
2004.331.3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2004.331.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1969
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… September 15, 1942, Witek was sent to a resistance unit commanded by Pole Franchisek, in the village of Lusheviza-Mala. He lived in a one room apartment; his…
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 … and all members were killed. On September 15, 1942, Witek was sent to a resistance unit commanded by Pole Franchisek, in the village of Lusheviza-Mala…
7. Edward Herzbaum Hartry papers
2012.471.1 Box 1 Folder 24 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2012.471.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1955
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… government to form a Polish Army in the East, commanded by General Wladyslaw Anders. After his release, Edward traveled south to Tatischewo (now Turkmenbasy…
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 … the Italian Campaign under the command of the Eighth British Army. They fought their way north through Italy, experiencing high casualties, especially…
8. Anthony Acevedo papers
2010.440.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2010.440.1
Date:
inclusive: 1935-2012
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… suffering from diphtheria; the camp commander, Erwin Metz, denied the request and hit Tony with his rifle butt. They walked for three weeks and over 150…
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  • Series 1: Anthony Acevedo papers Circa 1935-Circa 2012
    • File 1: Diary 1945
9. Michael J. Kraus papers
1995.A.1067.1 Book Enclosure Folder 1 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1067.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1994
bulk: 1945-1947
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… lager B.II.d. Later known as the Birkenau boys, they were housed on the punishment block number 13 under the command of the Blockelteste Bednarek. Michal…
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 … command of the Blockälteste Bednarek. Eventually, he was moved into another barrack and worked in the Unterkunft, an assignment that gave him an occasional…
10. Rabbi Judah Nadich papers
1994.A.0250. 3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0250.3
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1997
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… the commander of US forces in Europe, General Dwight Eisenhower. The position was created due to the Harrison Report condemning the army for its…
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 … commander of the US forces in Europe. Rabbi Nadich was born in Baltimore, MD on May 12, 1912. He was the son of a Jewish socialist and member of the Workmen…