Overview
- Description
- Consists of one letter, four pages, written on May 15, 1945, by Irving Phillip Eisner, a Jewish soldier in the American Army. In the letter, Mr. Eisner described what he witnessed touring the Buchenwald concentration camp and asked his father to pass along a message from a survivor to a family member living in the United States.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945 May 15
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stewart Eisner
Physical Details
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Stewart Eisner donated his father's letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 1, 2009.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-11 07:31:29
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37286
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